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By BEN LEFEBVRE at Politico
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/23/fracking-russia-republicans-240834
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Republicans are trying to conjure up a Russian scandal they can get behind.
GOP House members and at least one Trump Cabinet member are pushing years-old allegations from conservative activists that Russia has funneled money to U.S. environmental groups to oppose fracking. The story has reappeared in conservative circles in recent weeks a respite, perhaps, from the steady drip-drip of news reports about dealings between Russians and President Donald Trumps inner circle.
Allegations have circulated for years that Moscow has sought to discourage European countries from developing their own natural gas supplies as an alternative to Russian fuel. And conservatives have sought to extend those concerns to the U.S. though theres little but innuendo to base them on.
But the rumors gained new life in late June, when House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith and fellow Texas Republican Rep. Randy Weber asked Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to investigate whether the Kremlin is bankrolling green campaigns against the fracking technology that helped the U.S. overtake Russia in gas production.
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applegrove
(118,654 posts)Last edited Sun Jul 23, 2017, 09:08 PM - Edit history (2)
setting the basis to further fool their base, whenever the MSM talks about RUSSIA OR mentions Russia.
elleng
(130,902 posts)anti-greenwise.
marybourg
(12,631 posts)my smoothie. Oh, did they mean Greens?