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In reply to the discussion: De Blasio: Bernie’s Attacks on Hillary’s Climate Change Record Are ‘Flat-Out False’ [View all]polly7
(20,582 posts)12. Climate change ......
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1610499
Bernie and Hillary and Fracking:
https://vimeo.com/157982054
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(and how she didn't appear to consider much at all those 'conditions' peddling it to other nations)
How Hillary Clinton's State Department Sold Fracking to the World
A trove of secret documents details the US government's global push for shale gas.
By Mariah Blake | September/October 2014 Issue
Hillary Clinton is welcomed to Sofia by Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister Nikolay Mladenov, left. US Department of State/flickr
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/hillary-clinton-fracking-shale-state-department-chevron
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/10/how-hillary-clintons-state-department-sold-fracking-to-the-world
Bernie and Hillary and Fracking:
https://vimeo.com/157982054
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(and how she didn't appear to consider much at all those 'conditions' peddling it to other nations)
How Hillary Clinton's State Department Sold Fracking to the World
A trove of secret documents details the US government's global push for shale gas.
By Mariah Blake | September/October 2014 Issue
ONE ICY MORNING in February 2012, Hillary Clinton's plane touched down in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, which was just digging out from a fierce blizzard. Wrapped in a thick coat, the secretary of state descended the stairs to the snow-covered tarmac, where she and her aides piled into a motorcade bound for the presidential palace. That afternoon, they huddled with Bulgarian leaders, including Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, discussing everything from Syria's bloody civil war to their joint search for loose nukes. But the focus of the talks was fracking. The previous year, Bulgaria had signed a five-year, $68 million deal, granting US oil giant Chevron millions of acres in shale gas concessions. Bulgarians were outraged. Shortly before Clinton arrived, tens of thousands of protesters poured into the streets carrying placards that read "Stop fracking with our water" and "Chevron go home." Bulgaria's parliament responded by voting overwhelmingly for a fracking moratorium.
Clinton urged Bulgarian officials to give fracking another chance. According to Borissov, she agreed to help fly in the "best specialists on these new technologies to present the benefits to the Bulgarian people." But resistance only grew. The following month in neighboring Romania, thousands of people gathered to protest another Chevron fracking project, and Romania's parliament began weighing its own shale gas moratorium. Again Clinton intervened, dispatching her special envoy for energy in Eurasia, Richard Morningstar, to push back against the fracking bans. The State Department's lobbying effort culminated in late May 2012, when Morningstar held a series of meetings on fracking with top Bulgarian and Romanian officials. He also touted the technology in an interview on Bulgarian national radio, saying it could lead to a fivefold drop in the price of natural gas. A few weeks later, Romania's parliament voted down its proposed fracking ban and Bulgaria's eased its moratorium.
Hillary Clinton is welcomed to Sofia by Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister Nikolay Mladenov, left. US Department of State/flickr
Goldwyn had a long history of promoting drilling overseasboth as a Department of Energy official under Bill Clinton and as a representative of the oil industry. From 2005 to 2009 he directed the US-Libya Business Association, an organization funded primarily by US oil companiesincluding Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and Marathonclamoring to tap Libya's abundant supply. Goldwyn lobbied Congress for pro-Libyan policies and even battled legislation that would have allowed families of the Lockerbie bombing victims to sue the Libyan government for its alleged role in the attack.
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.
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/hillary-clinton-fracking-shale-state-department-chevron
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/10/how-hillary-clintons-state-department-sold-fracking-to-the-world
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De Blasio: Bernie’s Attacks on Hillary’s Climate Change Record Are ‘Flat-Out False’ [View all]
onehandle
Apr 2016
OP
When part of your appeal is: a) "I won't go negative"; and b) "I tell the truth," an untrue neg. at
riversedge
Apr 2016
#79
If he has such low opinion of his colleagues, why soil himself by associating with their party?
beastie boy
Apr 2016
#94
I notice you have no anger over the clinton campaign's many, many lies agaisnt Sanders
Scootaloo
Apr 2016
#85
Exactly! Where was he when Clinton and her surrogates were actually lying and misrepresenting
Dustlawyer
Apr 2016
#35
I'm a supporter. Private meetings with lobbyists could be a conflict of interest.
seabeckind
Apr 2016
#8
Exactly as I said, he voted against the Brady Bill five times. It is a fact the NRA
Thinkingabout
Apr 2016
#111
Attacking the messenger is an old Rovian trick: Three Pinnochios for @BernieSanders Liar, Liar, Pant
riversedge
Apr 2016
#23
Thanks! The impact of 25 years of right wing propaganda has brainwashed a lot of people against HRC.
greatlaurel
Apr 2016
#107
Hard to pass stuff with republicans willing to throw a spanner in the works.
killbotfactory
Apr 2016
#30
As a scientist familiar and enthusiastic for the world's largest, by far, source of climate...
NNadir
Apr 2016
#93
He's right...but what's worse is that the Sanders plan for the climate is absurd, unworkable...
NNadir
Apr 2016
#36
As a scientist myself, I can say that if Sanders has consulted with scientists...
NNadir
Apr 2016
#91
Anyone casually accepting fracking, w no mention of Hillary's support for Keystone XL
riderinthestorm
Apr 2016
#114
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/07/hillary-clinton-bundlers-fossil-fuel-lobbyists
stupidicus
Apr 2016
#43
Now that we are suddenly talking about career totals rather than the subject of the thread...
beastie boy
Apr 2016
#58
He's the mayor of NYC, birthplace of ACT UP and other AIDS activism groups Hillary claims took no
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#45
as the bullshit continues to pile up i do not know if i could support hrc if the nominee
dembotoz
Apr 2016
#105