Papantonio: Gas Industry Controls EPA

[GoLeft TV]

For several years, the EPA has been back and forth on whether or not to implement stricter standards on hydraulic fracturing. And recently, it was revealed that the EPA actually intervened on behalf of fracking companies to prevent investigations into their dangerous practices. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio discusses the EPA's actions and the dangers of fracking with Farron Cousins, executive editor of Trial Lawyer Magazine.

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[randr]

1. And Monsanto controls the FDA

Obama needs to be taught some basic Democratic principles.
Like "do not let the foxes guard the hen house".

[limpyhobbler]

2. k/r nt

[Triana]

3. Just tweeted about that yesterday

asking why us govt and EPA is afraid of the gas industry. After watching Gasland 2, there's no doubt they absolutely are.

Of course it's greed and huge sums of money going to campaigns.

I keep telling people, it's not "big government" we need to fear. It's Big Corporations. The idiots still sucking down the Tea Party/John Birch Kool-aid of course remain clueless.

Some of the families in Gasland 2 were certainly not liberals. When the shit hit THEM, they finally grok'd some clues though, one of them leaving the GOP to register as an independent.

Problem is, things have to hit rock bottom for too many people before they goddamn GET. A. CLUE. And of course the rest of us go down with them until or unless they learn.

[TRoN33]

4. I've seen the fracked water...

literally got lit up with the fire from the tap water well in Red Wing, Minnesota. I was told that everybody who drank it would drop sick and bedridden for the next few days. I was also told about fracking companies did got one of their own guy to drink it and claimed that its fine. This person haven't been seen again for few weeks and he claimed he was on vacation for the conference.

The drinking water from frack shale are very unsafe to drink and consume. Some claimed that they can use the fracked water to power the small motors like lawn mower and gas-powered weed whackers.

So, is the water safe to drink?