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hunter

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32. The CEO's of these fracking companies should have to drink a liter of these fracking fluids a day...
Sat Feb 4, 2012, 09:49 PM
Feb 2012

... for two years before they are approved for use.

Vast majority of shale gas is on BLM land, so this is excellent. <- incorrect joshcryer Feb 2012 #1
Huh? DURHAM D Feb 2012 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author joshcryer Feb 2012 #10
But that is ONLY public land montanacowboy Feb 2012 #2
You got a source for that? 1.9 million acres of BLM leases for shale. joshcryer Feb 2012 #4
The maker of the movie Gasland montanacowboy Feb 2012 #9
OK I kept digging and I found this, it appears you are correct, I stand corrected: joshcryer Feb 2012 #13
A small sample for you - DURHAM D Feb 2012 #12
I stand corrected, Marcellus formation though is not the same as, say, Green River. joshcryer Feb 2012 #16
Before anyone makes the obvious comment about PRIVATE land... TheWraith Feb 2012 #3
Good grief. I did not know that...... We are so totally screwed. peacebird Feb 2012 #25
That is known as the Bush Junta's Halliburton Exemption, created for just one company, Cheney's L. Coyote Feb 2012 #29
Total Bull Shit ... DURHAM D Feb 2012 #5
Did you even read my post above you before you rushed in to bash Obama? TheWraith Feb 2012 #17
Nice try but no prize for you. DURHAM D Feb 2012 #18
Any word on "private" lands? RUMMYisFROSTED Feb 2012 #7
No DURHAM D Feb 2012 #8
Misdirection. RUMMYisFROSTED Feb 2012 #11
He did exactly that in the SOTU. DURHAM D Feb 2012 #14
Easy enough committment to make, BLM had already stated they were going to be more stringent... joshcryer Feb 2012 #15
Perhaps this best explains Obama's wrong position on fracking. DURHAM D Feb 2012 #19
What the Frack is Fracking? CAPHAVOC Feb 2012 #20
Do a search on the documentary "Gasland" BeHereNow Feb 2012 #22
The GASLAND trailer = Don't drink the flammable water, don't breathe the toxic air L. Coyote Feb 2012 #30
This is a sound, common-sense measure cheapdate Feb 2012 #21
They shouldn't have gotten the exemption from the Clean Water Act in the first place. n/t ellisonz Feb 2012 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author Marblehead Feb 2012 #26
This has potential, but at this point it's BS. Tripod Feb 2012 #24
Fracking should be stopped Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2012 #27
When will they have to adhere to the Clean Water Act? L. Coyote Feb 2012 #28
More god damn big government. Hotler Feb 2012 #31
The CEO's of these fracking companies should have to drink a liter of these fracking fluids a day... hunter Feb 2012 #32
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