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Hillary Wants To Ban Fracking After Promoting It In Other Countries For Years

Michael Bastasch Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a long answer for all the situations she’s against hydraulic fracturing, eventually admitting there would be very few places where fracking is legally allowed to take place — a near reverse of her past stance while heading the Department of State. “By the time…

Bought “Scientist” Runs from Reporters on Fracking Question

Bought “Scientist” Runs from Reporters on Fracking Question

Michael Bastasch It’s another bad day in court for environmentalists trying to prove how bad hydraulic fracturing has been for the town of Dimock, Pa. A Cornell University engineering professor often used by activists to attack fracking ran from reporters after he admitted in court there was no proof drilling had contaminated Dimock’s drinking water. Prof. Tony…

Discredited Anti-Fracking Activist Endorses Sanders

Discredited Anti-Fracking Activist Endorses Sanders

Andrew Follett    Anti-fracking activist Josh Fox endorsed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for president Sunday. Fox, who directed the two “Gasland” films, is one of the most prominent public opponents of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and horizontal drilling. Fox endorsed Sanders because “simply put, Bernie Sanders wants to ban fracking nationwide, that’s his position.” He goes on to claim that “families…

Here’s How Much Cash Cheap Energy Is Saving Americans

Here’s How Much Cash Cheap Energy Is Saving Americans

by Andrew Follett Americans are enjoying cheap energy with the average price of gasoline at only $1.70 per gallon and natural gas near historic lows. Thanks to #shale & #fracking, Americans’ share of spending on energy fell to <4% in December, 3rd lowest level ever pic.twitter.com/9Syuy1NPyv — Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) February 15, 2016 In fact, Americans…

For Valentine’s Day, Democrats Want To ‘Break Up’ With Fracking
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For Valentine’s Day, Democrats Want To ‘Break Up’ With Fracking

Andrew Follett   Michigan Democrats want to celebrate Valentine’s Day by “breaking up” with hydraulic fracturing by introducing a bill to ban it across the state. Fracking “has become needy, sucking up a lot of resources and has taken too much control,” Michigan Democratic state Rep. Sarah Roberts, the bill’s sponsor, said during a Thursday press…

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5 Truths About Fracking The Media Missed In 2015

Andrew Follett The United States benefited enormously from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in 2015; but media outlets have mostly focused on headlines about earthquakes and aquifer pollution — neither of which have sufficient evidence to draw conclusions. From foreign policy to cheap domestic energy and even booming job growth, here are five key stories the media…

Wyoming Officials Prove Fracking Didn’t Poison Drinking Water — 4 Years After EPA’s Botched Investigation
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Wyoming Officials Prove Fracking Didn’t Poison Drinking Water — 4 Years After EPA’s Botched Investigation

Michael Bastasch Wyoming regulators have found hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, did not likely contaminate water supplies in the town of Pavillion four years after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted its own botched investigation. State officials published findings Monday showing groundwater contamination near Pavillion was not likely caused by fracking, but instead by gas that naturally…

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One Year Into NY’s Fracking Ban And Upstate’s Economy Is Getting Killed

Michael Bastasch It’s been one year since Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced he would ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, from happening in New York, and the natural gas-rich Southern Tier has been hemorrhaging jobs. While New York’s economy has added jobs on the whole, jobs are disappearing in regions where natural gas drilling would have…

Environmentalists Want To Change Legal System To Destroy Fracking

Andrew Follett The legal system should be completely changed so that hydraulic fracturing companies can be sued without any burden of proof, according to a law school professor writing in The Wall Street Journal Sunday. “Oil and gas companies should be held liable—whether they have acted negligently or not—if their disposal of fracking waste causes earthquakes.” writes Blake Watson, a professor at…