2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I'm tired of living POOR! I'm gonna be a New Democrat! [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)The guy's a gas.
"Scientific advisory panels at the Department of Energy and the EPA have enumerated ways the industry could improve and have called for modest steps, such as establishing maximum contaminant levels allowed in water for all the chemicals used in fracking. Unfortunately, these recommendations do not address the biggest loophole of all. In 2005 Congressat the behest of then Vice President Dick Cheney, a former CEO of gas driller Halliburtonexempted fracking from regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Congress needs to close this so-called Halliburton loophole, as a bill co-sponsored by New York State Representative Maurice Hinchey would do. The FRAC Act would also mandate public disclosure of all chemicals used in fracking across the nation."
-- Scientific American, Nov. 2011, "Safety First, Fracking Second"