2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Where does Hillary stand on fracking these days [View all]HumanityExperiment
(1,442 posts)The platform and convention are going to be pretty exciting to watch, I've bolded the pertinent comments
'Eventually, the platform committee deleted an advisory groups proposal for a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing techniques in new oil and natural gas plays in shale fields.'
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2016/06/platform-texas-democrats-feel-strongly-on-potties-pot-but-are-conflicted-about-fracking.html/
then there's this...
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/283826-fracking-fight-looms-for-democrats
'Fracking and the environment are set to be one of the most contentious battlegrounds for allies of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders as they seek to craft the Democratic Partys platform for 2016.
Members of the platform committee will meet on Friday in Phoenix to hear testimony from several environmental organizations and activists.
Clinton and Sanders clashed bitterly over hydraulic fracturing and fossil fuel production during the campaign, and both have appointed officials to the platform committee who share their views. With Clinton now the Democratic Partys presumptive nominee for president, the Sanders camp is determined to win as many concessions in the platform is possible.
I think it could be a tension point, but I think its a good tension point, said Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica, who will testify before the committee this week.
Fracking is going to be one of those areas where theres going to be a robust conversation.
Its a complex issue. But I think having that discussed in an open and robust manner is good.
Sanders appointed Bill McKibben, a strident climate change activist and author who co-founded the advocacy group 350.org, to the platform committee.'
'The Democratic Party has kind of an equally urgent task. With its acceptance of the climate science it has to actually then have policies that live up to the crisis were in, he said.
A Democratic platform that is not robust in aggressively addressing climate change ends up being, itself, climate denialism.'