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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHillary Clinton says fracking carries risks in conservation speech
Source: The Guardian
Suzanne Goldenberg in New York
theguardian.com, Tuesday 2 December 2014 03.48 GMT
Hillary Clinton has offered mild criticism of the fracking boom that has spread across the US under Barack Obamas presidency, drawing another small distinction with his administration.
Clinton, who has yet to declare she is seeking the presidency, kept the bulk of her speech to a League of Conservation Voters dinner in New York resolutely vanilla. But she did express concerns about the environmental costs associated with natural gas and went so far as to suggest there may be places where it was too dangerous to drill at all.
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Methane leaks in the production and transportation of natural gas pose a particularly troubling threat so it is crucial we put in place smart regulations and enforce them including deciding not to drill when the risks to local communities, landscapes and ecosystems are just too high.
Clintons comments were nowhere near as sharp as her critique of Obamas foreign policy last August, when she bluntly said the administration lacked a coherent strategy.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/02/hillary-clinton-says-fracking-carries-risks-in-conservation-speech
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/10/hillary-clinton-fracking_n_5796786.html
Autumn
(44,743 posts)"bankers" who got the country into the financial mess.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Think of Chelsea's new $9,500,000 condo in NYC.
Think of her nanny and her nanny's children.
Autumn
(44,743 posts)And seriously who the fuck needs clean water? Earthquakes? Hey to a hungry kid who can't afford anything else because their parents are scraping by on minimum wage an earthquake is like an amusement ride.
Those takers going to bed hungry and facing life on the streets if one little emergency comes up and costs them a pay check are such an unseen problem.
GOTV !!!!!!!
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)She lost me at "methane leaks in the production....".
Who wrote that for her, some exec buddy from the American Petroleum Institute?
Go away Hillary.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Mild criticism.......hahahahaha
How about no fracking, period.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Ugh.
Fence straddling 101, chapter 2 - When speaking in front of a bunch of tree huggers..
Also see Chapter 1 - When speaking in front of your "left of" Democratic base and Democratic moderates.
Chapter 4 A and B - When speaking in front of Republican-lite and Republicans moderates.