We Are Fracking Away Our Democracy

[GoLeft TV]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation last week that prohibits cities and towns in his state from banning fracking. The power to restrict oil and gas operations will now lie solely with the state, and since it’s Texas, those restrictions will probably be non-existent.

While it’s not at all surprising that Texas Republicans put the wants and needs of the fossil fuel industry over the health and safety of the state’s residents, it is depressing. This is just another example of the GOP bowing down to corporations that fund their campaigns.

Ring of Fire hosts Mike Papantonio and Farron Cousins discuss this.

[cantbeserious]

1. The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians And Media That Own And Control Us

We need to stop this madness.

[Dustlawyer]

2. Texas is what you get under Republican/corporate rule!

I thought Republicans stand for local control and don't like being told what to do? These ignorant idiots seem to not understand that they are being manipulated by corporations and the Plutocrats. This goes against everything they supposedly stand for!

[oldandhappy]

3. We are fracking away our health

Our health in terms of what water laced with fracking chemicals is doing to our bodies
and our democracy in terms of what corporations are doing that we have not condoned.

[appalachiablue]

4. K & R. Unregulated fracking chemicals thanks to Cheney's 2005 "Halliburton Loophoole"

contaminating the land, water, air, wildlife and us. Not to mention tearing up roads with the transport trucks, earthquakes and using up fresh water supplies. Corporate heaven= H*ll for living things. Corps. don't clean up their waste, but "externalize costs" so we get the damage and diseases, they get the profit. It's fracked up!

[cascadiance]

5. We're Fracking ourselves to hell...