I see the wild growth of fracking as more of an issue than the Keystone XL

[cali]

more of an issue by nearly every measure.

And the administration and most of Congress are unabashedly pushing the hell out of it.

[Laelth]

1. Me too. Fracking is bad business.

That said, I'm not fond of Keystone either.

-Laelth

[Downwinder]

2. They are both faces of the same issue.

[cali]

3. in one sense, but they are also quite different and much more attention

has, to date, been spent on Keystone on the part of environmental groups and figures like Bill Mckibben.

[ProSense]

4. If Congress would

"And the administration and most of Congress are unabashedly pushing the hell out of it"

...act on Boxer-Sanders, it would go a long way.


Why hasn't the Boxer-Sanders climate bill gotten more attention?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024509463

(3)
Disclosures of chemical constituents
(A)
In general
A person conducting hydraulic fracturing operations shall disclose to the State (or to the Administrator, in any case in which the Administrator has primary enforcement responsibility in a State), by not later than such deadlines as shall be established by the State (or the Administrator)—
(i)
before the commencement of any hydraulic fracturing operations at any area or a portion of a area, a list of chemicals intended for use in any underground injection during the operations (including identification of the chemical constituents of mixtures, Chemical Abstracts Service numbers for each chemical and constituent, material safety data sheets when available, and the anticipated volume of each chemical to be used); and
(ii)
after the completion of hydraulic fracturing operations described in clause (i), the list of chemicals used in each underground injection during the operations (including identification of the chemical constituents of mixtures, Chemical Abstracts Service numbers for each chemical and constituent, material safety data sheets when available, and the volume of each chemical used).
(B)
Public availability
The State (or the Administrator, as applicable) shall make available to the public the information contained in each disclosure of chemical constituents under subparagraph (A), including by posting the information on an appropriate Internet website.
(C)
Immediate disclosure in case of medical emergency
(i)
In general
Subject to clause (ii), the regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection (a) shall require that, in any case in which the State (or the Administrator, as applicable) or an appropriate treating physician or nurse determines that a medical emergency exists and the proprietary chemical formula or specific chemical identity of a trade-secret chemical used in hydraulic fracturing is necessary for medical treatment, the applicable person using hydraulic fracturing shall, upon request, immediately disclose to the State (or the Administrator) or the treating physician or nurse the proprietary chemical formula or specific chemical identity of a trade-secret chemical, regardless of the existence of—
(I)
a written statement of need; or
(II)
a confidentiality agreement.
(ii)
Requirement
A person using hydraulic fracturing that makes a disclosure required under clause (i) may require the execution of a written statement of need and a confidentiality agreement as soon as practicable after the determination by the State (or the Administrator) or the treating physician or nurse under that clause.
(D)
No public disclosure required
Nothing in subparagraph (A) or (B) authorizes a State (or the Administrator) to require the public disclosure of any proprietary chemical formula.

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113s332is/pdf/BILLS-113s332is.pdf