MotherJones: "How Hillary Clinton's State Department Sold Fracking to the World"

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77. Her environmental stances are among the things

that worry me most. . the fracking M.O. is all too reminiscent of her approach to Keystone XL, whose analysis was also marred by conflict of interest issues, too much industry influence, and not enough attention to environmental consequences.

Another snippet from the Mother Jones article:

But environmental groups were barely consulted, while industry played a crucial role. When Goldwyn unveiled the initiative in April 2010, it was at a meeting of the United States Energy Association, a trade organization representing Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and ConocoPhillips, all of which were pursuing fracking overseas. Among their top targets was Poland, which preliminary studies suggested had abundant shale gas. The day after Goldwyn's announcement, the US Embassy in Warsaw helped organize a shale gas conference, underwritten by these same companies (plus the oil field services company Halliburton) and attended by officials from the departments of State and Energy.