The episode sheds light on a crucial but little-known dimension of Clinton's diplomatic legacy. Under her leadership, the State Department worked closely with energy companies to spread fracking around the globe—part of a broader push to fight climate change, boost global energy supply, and undercut the power of adversaries such as Russia that use their energy resources as a cudgel. But environmental groups fear that exporting fracking, which has been linked to drinking-water contamination and earthquakes at home, could wreak havoc in countries with scant environmental regulation. And according to interviews, diplomatic cables, and other documents obtained by Mother Jones, American officials—some with deep ties to industry—also helped US firms clinch potentially lucrative shale concessions overseas, raising troubling questions about whose interests the program actually serves

Please tell me I don't have to vote for her.

kgnu_fan

(3,021 posts)

2. kick

Reply to jillan (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 12:32 AM

Mar 2016

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)

10. You vote is YOUR vote to do with whatever you wish.nt

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Tue Mar 1, 2016, 07:34 AM

Mar 2016

AzDar

(14,023 posts)

3. K & R &...

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Tue Mar 1, 2016, 12:36 AM

Mar 2016

Mufaddal

(1,021 posts)

4. Direct link to PDF

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Tue Mar 1, 2016, 12:40 AM

Mar 2016

https://foia.state.gov/searchapp/DOCUMENTS/HRCEmail_Feb29thWeb/O-2015-08637FEB29/DOC_0C05796289/C05796289.pdf

senz

(11,945 posts)

5. It's been mentioned here but didn't get the attention it deserves.

Reply to kgnu_fan (Original post)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 01:14 AM

Mar 2016

It should be on the MSM. People need to know who Hillary is and what she does.

Armstead

(47,803 posts)

7. Fuck that. It's an issue.

Reply to senz (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 01:20 AM

Mar 2016

What matters is who has the momentum. What the candidates actually do means nothing.

Get your mind right..

senz

(11,945 posts)

8. For a minute there I thought

Reply to Armstead (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 02:37 AM

Mar 2016

you were angry with me, but now I see that you wrote that sarcastically. Yes, the emphasis on momentum is disgusting; it treats the election process as a sport. Some talk about Hillary and Bernie as if they were mere horses in a race and this is some kind of win/lose contest. Incredibly shallow and juvenile. It's a drag conversing with people who hold that attitude.

How can we get the MSM to talk about Hillary's pushing fracking on various 3rd world countries? Or maybe it could be spread by social media. It needs to travel far and wide, so people can know who she is and what she does.

If they do force their way into the nomination, it won't be over for us. Bernie will see it through to the end and then I would expect him to continue launching a movement. This is not going to go away.

Take heart, Armstead. We're up to it.