{"id":20450,"date":"2016-03-08T13:41:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T21:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=20450"},"modified":"2016-03-08T13:41:23","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T21:41:23","slug":"thou-shalt-not-frack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/08\/thou-shalt-not-frack\/","title":{"rendered":"Thou Shalt Not FRACK!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because I expect Hillary Clinton to be the eventual Democratic nominee, I have been very happy to watch Bernie Sanders push her to the left on issue after issue.  There is, however, one key issue on which Hillary has positioned herself to far right.  On this issue especially, she needs to take heed of Bernie\u2019s superior stance and move.  Hillary, thou shalt not FRACK!<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"0308Stop-Fracking-\"Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders both claim to<\/a> oppose fracking<\/a>, but only one of them has plans to ban it.<\/p>\n

During Sunday’s Democratic presidential debate in Flint, Michigan, where environmental issues are especially critical as residents grapple with a water contamination crisis<\/a>, moderators asked the candidates where they stand on the controversial gas extraction method that involves injecting chemicals and water deep underground.<\/p>\n

Clinton answered, "I don\u2019t support it when any locality or any state is against it, number one. I don\u2019t support it when the release of methane or contamination of water is present. I don\u2019t support it, number three, unless we can require that anybody who fracks has to tell us exactly what chemicals they are using. By the time we get through all of my conditions, I do not think there will be many places in America where fracking will continue to take place."<\/p>\n

Sanders countered, "My answer is a lot shorter. No, I do not support fracking."<\/p>\n

As the audience applauded, Sanders added, "This is a crisis we’ve got to deal with now."\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Common Dreams<\/a>><\/p>\n