Cheney Helped Halliburton Hide Secrets About Dangerous Chemicals in America's Drinking Water.

[kpete]

Dick Cheney and Halliburton: Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals in YOUR Drinking Water.
by TXsharon
Tue Nov 25, 2008 at 06:27:05 AM PST

Cheney Helped Halliburton Hide Secrets About Dangerous Chemicals in America's Drinking Water.

Hydraulic fracturing (fracing) is a drilling technique that was developed by Halliburton. Millions of gallons of fresh water, along with sand, and cancer-causing and toxic chemicals are injected under high pressure miles down the drilling hole to fracture the limestone shale and release the oil and gas trapped within.

In 2005, at the urging of Dick Cheney, former Halliburton CEO, Congress exempt fracing from the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. In 2001, Cheney’s energy task force report "touted" benefits and ignored consequences. His office was "involved in discussions about how fracturing should be portrayed in the http://ucsusa.org/scientific_integrity/abuses_of_science/oil-extraction.html report." Halliburton earns about $1.5 BILLION annually from hydraulic fracturing. (Ibid)

WAY more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/25/9275/6815/621/665532

[Winterblues]

1. No not Cheney, say it ain't so. How could such a lovable person

do something so sinister? :shrug: D'oh

[flakey_foont]

2. Dick Cheney would do something like that?

Perish the thought! Nevaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh

such a fine upstanding paragon of virtue.....why, my stars and garters, would anyone ever suspect that man of doing anything the least bit shady???