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NYC_SKP

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2. I'm listening to a program now on Colorado Public Radio: Fact Checking the CRED ads.

Reply to brentspeak (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2015, 11:51 PM

Jan 2015

Point for point, there aren't any blatant lies.

http://www.cpr.org/news/audio/fact-checking-ad-campaigns-fracking

True, fracking has been around for about 60 years, since 1947. Also true, there haven't been many significant water contamination events per EPA definitions.

Still, there is a lot of things about which to be concerned.

But, TBH, both sides "play" with the definitions of what constitutes a "spill" or an "incident".

What I'd like to see is legislation to require disclosure of substances used in fracking fluid.

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CO oil industry shill starring in pro-fracking ad represents herself as "organic farmer" [View all] brentspeak Jan 2015 OP

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I'm listening to a program now on Colorado Public Radio: Fact Checking the CRED ads. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #2

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They always claim their "rights" Gman Jan 2015 #5