Dredly t1_iyhyt1i wrote
Reply to comment by JacoDaDon in 'Finally, some justice': Corporation ordered to pay Pennsylvania town millions. Fracking destroys town’s water. by CQU617
First, the well EXPLODED on 1/1/2009 according to the article... so not sure how Obama is involved here? He wasn't president until 3 weeks AFTER the well had already exploded. so thank Bush for this.
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As for Obama's ruling, the problem here is first, "potentially carcinogenic". as far as I know the actual recipe of what they use to frack with isn't fully known to the public and there isn't a single combination used, in this case it had nothing at all to do with the material used, and is just fracking in general, they hit a methane pocket and opened it up,
and second: Obama's rulings were the first time companies HAD to disclose what was in their fluid and there HAS been a set standard of what needs to happen with fracking fluids (thanks to Obama btw)... until Trump removed them
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/05/us/new-fracking-rule-is-issued-by-obama-administration.html
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also... https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/366704-trump-to-repeal-obama-fracking-rule/
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So basically, Obama is in no way related to this story, since it happened before him, Bush owns this, and he DID try adding restrictions to the fracking industry, Trump removed them
Blexcr0id t1_iyihixk wrote
We have the republican majority state legislature to thank for the states failure to properly tax/monetize the fracking industry in PA and for the "proprietary" fracking chemical solutions they pump into our drinking water resources.
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