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My Good Babushka

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8. It's an environmental injustice

Reply to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)

Thu Jun 9, 2016, 11:20 AM

Jun 2016

http://inthesetimes.com/article/17355/fracking_the_poor
and because the detrimental effects fall on low income, underprivileged areas, it will take a mighty arm-twisting to get our established, energy-friendly party to acknowledge it.

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Tens of Thousands Demand DNC Add National Fracking Ban to Party Platform [View all] Cheese Sandwich Jun 2016 OP

Obama didn't take office until 2009. I didn't know he had any influence about such things in 2005. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1

Fracking really took off after 2008 though as part of the Obama energy policy Cheese Sandwich Jun 2016 #2

It's amusing to hear people lauding the fact that we are now stopbush Jun 2016 #3

That would be a great talking point for the republicans: sufrommich Jun 2016 #4

on the other hand Dem's support of fracking makes a great talking point for the Green Party Cheese Sandwich Jun 2016 #5

I'm not making the argument for or against fracking. I'm asking for you sufrommich Jun 2016 #6

Neither am I Cheese Sandwich Jun 2016 #7

It's an environmental injustice My Good Babushka Jun 2016 #8

Coal or fracking? Invincibility Jun 2016 #9

false choice Cheese Sandwich Jun 2016 #10