Is THIS The Fracking Fundraiser Hillary Said She Doesn't 'Know' About During Tonight's Debate?

[AzDar]

COOPER: Senator Sanders, on the -- on the campaign trail, Senator Sanders often refers to a fundraiser in January that was hosted by executives from a firm that has invested significantly in domestic fracking. Do you have any comment on that?

CLINTON: I don't have any comment. I don't know that. I don't believe that there is any reason to be concerned about it. I admire what Senator Sanders has accomplished in his campaign. I have more than 850,000 donors, most of them give less than $100. I am very proud of that.


Less than a week before the Iowa caucuses, Hillary Clinton attended a gala fundraiser in Philadelphia at the headquarters of Franklin Square Capital Partners, a major investor in the fossil-fuel industry, particularly domestic fracking. The controversial fracking industry is particularly powerful in Pennsylvania, which will host the Democratic National Convention this July.

Clinton has avoided taking any clear stand on fracking. While she has embraced the Clean Power Plan, which assumes a strong increase in natural-gas power plants, she also supports a much deeper investment in solar electricity than the baseline plan. The pro-Clinton Super PAC Correct the Record, run by David Brock, touts Clinton's aggressive pro-fracking record
Through its fund, Franklin Square invests in private fracking and oil drilling companies across the nation, as well as Canada and the Gulf of Mexico. This includes heavy investment in Pennsylvania frackers.

"Through its fund, Franklin Square invests in private fracking and oil drilling companies across the nation, as well as Canada and the Gulf of Mexico. This includes heavy investment in Pennsylvania frackers.

Franklin Square companies in the Pennsylvania fracking industry

Ameriforge Group
Atlas Resource Partners
Cactus Wellhead
Calpine
Chief Oil & Gas
Cimarron Energy
Crestwood
"Dynegy
Eclipse Resources
EV Energy Partners
Exterran Partners
Gardner Denver
Global Partners
Gruden Acquisition
Kenan Advantage Group
Moxie Liberty
Murray Energy Corp
PeroxyChem
Vantage Energy
Warren Resources
Zachry Holdings



'Cause that's a LOT of Fracking Frackers to not know, or be concerned about...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-johnson/on-eve-of-caucuses-clinto_b_9117712.html

[ebayfool]

1. Yup. And I was pleasantly surprised that Anderson Cooper lobbed that ball out there!

But he really should have followed up on her non-answer. He's a smart guy, he knew what she was doing. Then again, that might have been as 'hard ball' as he was allowed to play - working for the networks.

[BainsBane]

2. Because they bill fundraisers that way

Wed. is the fracking fundraiser. It's written in her calendar exactly like that.


How about the North Dakota and Oklahoma jobs fundraiser? Or the decrease dependency on Middle Eastern Oil fundraiser? Or maybe just the Philadelphia fundraiser at Franklin Square whatever.

[Agony]

10. How about the… Clinton Climate Change drive us over the CLIFF fundraiser! Drill Baby Drill!

sounds good! Drill Baby Drill! ...wait who said that and it was a bad thing?

[hobbit709]

3. Wasn't that the one where she snuck in the back door?

[AzDar]

4. It doesn't state that implicity in the linked article... but the accompanying picture looks like it

may have been taken surreptitiously...



Ugh. She's shameless...

[AzDar]

22. Money Shot...

[silvershadow]

5. I do think so, yes. nt

[Fast Walker 52]

6. Probably... and her answer on fracking was completely ridiculous, especially compared to bernie's

Who really followed her tortured logic on fracking in that response?

[kgnu_fan]

7. OMG, lie, lie, lie....

[restorefreedom]

8. funny how these things can sneak up

on a person

[Cobalt Violet]

9. K & R

[Skwmom]

11. That question was intended to help her with Ohio. n/t

[Octafish]

12. Dummy up on the Racking-Fray or it may lead to Ukraine and who knows where.

How Hillary Clinton's State Department Sold Fracking to the World

A trove of secret documents details the US government's global push for shale gas.

—By Mariah Blake
MotherJones | September/October 2014 Issue

EXCERPT...

Clinton, who was sworn in as secretary of state in early 2009, believed that shale gas could help rewrite global energy politics. "This is a moment of profound change," she later told a crowd at Georgetown University. "Countries that used to depend on others for their energy are now producers. How will this shape world events? Who will benefit, and who will not?…The answers to these questions are being written right now, and we intend to play a major role." Clinton tapped a lawyer named David Goldwyn as her special envoy for international energy affairs; his charge was "to elevate energy diplomacy as a key function of US foreign policy."

Goldwyn had a long history of promoting drilling overseas—both as a Department of Energy official under Bill Clinton and as a representative of the oil industry. From 2005 to 2009 he directed the US-Libya Business Association, an organization funded primarily by US oil companies—including Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and Marathon—clamoring to tap Libya's abundant supply. Goldwyn lobbied Congress for pro-Libyan policies and even battled legislation that would have allowed families of the Lockerbie bombing victims to sue the Libyan government for its alleged role in the attack.

According to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, one of Goldwyn's first acts at the State Department was gathering oil and gas industry executives "to discuss the potential international impact of shale gas." Clinton then sent a cable to US diplomats, asking them to collect information on the potential for fracking in their host countries. These efforts eventually gave rise to the Global Shale Gas Initiative, which aimed to help other nations develop their shale potential. Clinton promised it would do so "in a way that is as environmentally respectful as possible."

But environmental groups were barely consulted, while industry played a crucial role. When Goldwyn unveiled the initiative in April 2010, it was at a meeting of the United States Energy Association, a trade organization representing Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and ConocoPhillips, all of which were pursuing fracking overseas. Among their top targets was Poland, which preliminary studies suggested had abundant shale gas. The day after Goldwyn's announcement, the US Embassy in Warsaw helped organize a shale gas conference, underwritten by these same companies (plus the oil field services company Halliburton) and attended by officials from the departments of State and Energy.

In some cases, Clinton personally promoted shale gas. During a 2010 gathering of foreign ministers in Washington, DC, she spoke about America's plans to help spread fracking abroad. "I know that in some places [it] is controversial," she said, "but natural gas is the cleanest fossil fuel available for power generation today." She later traveled to Poland for a series of meetings with officials, after which she announced that the country had joined the Global Shale Gas Initiative.

CONTINUED...

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/hillary-clinton-fracking-shale-state-department-chevron

PS: Remember, this was when prices were good (and high).

[AzDar]

13. Hopefully, Bernie brings this up in the Town Hall tonight... Michigan needs to know her true record.

[2banon]

19. Hey AzDar, please remind me did Bernie drive this point home in that debate?

I'm wondering if this issue touched off the "change in tone" edict, why HRC intends to avoid any debate in Brooklyn .. curious.

Fine, Bernie should drive it home in her absence then.

[AzDar]

20. Unfortunately, no. She made these statements mid-debate, and went largely unchallenged.

I think the 'tone' edict was just another lame excuse to avoid losing another debate... especially one @ "home" right before the vote...

[2banon]

18. How does she get away with pretending she didn't do or say what is already on record & documented?

Oh wait. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Kissinger, Negroponte, Clapper, Hayden, Bill Clinton, etc. etc. etc. oh my god the list is endless.

She's certainly learned well from her predecessors.

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[Wilms]

14. ^

[AzDar]

15. Hillary Is A Fracking LIAR. Photo@ Link Shows Her *Sneaking In* The Back Door Of Fracking Fundraiser

[polly7]

16. She loves fracking. If she says she doesn't push for it, she's lying.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1610499

[AzDar]

17. Yep. Apparently she 'evolved' (again) on the issue in NY, today... One more position 'tailored' to

a specific audience... How can ANYONE support this person??

[glinda]

21. Another definition of the word evolve

to give off or emit, as odors or vapors. Ya...I would say something stinks.