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DURHAM D

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5. Total Bull Shit ...

Reply to Akoto (Original post)

Fri Feb 3, 2012, 10:10 PM

Feb 2012

Department of Interior is only trying to protect public lands. Public lands are a very, very, very small area of drilling/fracking. Frankly there should be NO drilling of any kind on public lands. That would be news.

But more importantly fracking/drilling is now happening in half of our states on private lands with no control by the federal government. That means we have no knowledge of what toxic chemicals are being injected into the ground because of a 2005 exemption for oil and gas companies as regards water.

Obama is totally missing the basics on this issue (like BP's gulf blowout) or maybe he hopes to get away with lying to us by telling us just a half-truth.

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U.S. to require disclosure of fracking fluids on public land [View all] Akoto Feb 2012 OP

Vast majority of shale gas is on BLM land, so this is excellent. <- incorrect joshcryer Feb 2012 #1

Huh? DURHAM D Feb 2012 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author joshcryer Feb 2012 #10

But that is ONLY public land montanacowboy Feb 2012 #2

You got a source for that? 1.9 million acres of BLM leases for shale. joshcryer Feb 2012 #4

The maker of the movie Gasland montanacowboy Feb 2012 #9

OK I kept digging and I found this, it appears you are correct, I stand corrected: joshcryer Feb 2012 #13

A small sample for you - DURHAM D Feb 2012 #12

I stand corrected, Marcellus formation though is not the same as, say, Green River. joshcryer Feb 2012 #16

Before anyone makes the obvious comment about PRIVATE land... TheWraith Feb 2012 #3

Good grief. I did not know that...... We are so totally screwed. peacebird Feb 2012 #25

That is known as the Bush Junta's Halliburton Exemption, created for just one company, Cheney's L. Coyote Feb 2012 #29

Total Bull Shit ... DURHAM D Feb 2012 #5

Did you even read my post above you before you rushed in to bash Obama? TheWraith Feb 2012 #17

Nice try but no prize for you. DURHAM D Feb 2012 #18

Any word on "private" lands? RUMMYisFROSTED Feb 2012 #7

No DURHAM D Feb 2012 #8

Misdirection. RUMMYisFROSTED Feb 2012 #11

He did exactly that in the SOTU. DURHAM D Feb 2012 #14

Easy enough committment to make, BLM had already stated they were going to be more stringent... joshcryer Feb 2012 #15

Perhaps this best explains Obama's wrong position on fracking. DURHAM D Feb 2012 #19

What the Frack is Fracking? CAPHAVOC Feb 2012 #20

Do a search on the documentary "Gasland" BeHereNow Feb 2012 #22

The GASLAND trailer = Don't drink the flammable water, don't breathe the toxic air L. Coyote Feb 2012 #30

This is a sound, common-sense measure cheapdate Feb 2012 #21

They shouldn't have gotten the exemption from the Clean Water Act in the first place. n/t ellisonz Feb 2012 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Marblehead Feb 2012 #26

This has potential, but at this point it's BS. Tripod Feb 2012 #24

Fracking should be stopped Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2012 #27

When will they have to adhere to the Clean Water Act? L. Coyote Feb 2012 #28

More god damn big government. Hotler Feb 2012 #31

The CEO's of these fracking companies should have to drink a liter of these fracking fluids a day... hunter Feb 2012 #32