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and the Republicans want to deregulate the EPA
Posted: Mar 12, 2011
Hey, but we need profitable companies that don't pay taxes to employ people off shore, right? Think about this the next time you take a drink of water.
See: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/09/benjamin-grumbles-bush-epa-fracking_n_833781.html
The EPA's 2004 report did find that diesel fluid in fracturing presented a risk to groundwater. How was this addressed?
The former administrator [of water] Tracy Mehan recognized that under current law the agency was not regulating or prohibiting diesel fluids from being used in the hydraulic fracturing process, so he signed, on behalf of the EPA, an MOU [memo of understanding] with major companies that have a major stake in this, voluntarily getting them to commit not to use diesel fluids for the hydraulic fracturing process.
Based on current law and what tools we had, I felt this was a positive step. And it was a sincere step forward for us to make sure that we were engaged with the industry and engaged in the sense that they knew we were watching this and knew that it could be a problem if they used this sort of a process.
Q: And now we learn from some members of Congress that diesel use continued despite those efforts ...
It's disappointing, and the agency needs to follow up and ensure that the industry is providing accurate and timely information.
I think if the information is true that industry withheld information or misled regulators or the policy makers, then that is serious, and they need to provide all the relevant information they have.
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All I can say is I am not surprised. This is what - we get when we have SM
[ In Reply To ..]politicians who are corrupted. Corporate greed is going to kill us all, one way or another.
Yet they profess to worry about "our children's future" - while poisoning the planet and
[ In Reply To ..]cutting nutrition programs, education, and eliminating the safety nets for the poor and disabled.
Good Sunday morning to you and good luck.
They apparently want to cut EPA regulation of Greenhouse Gasses - I actually want that kind of protection
[ In Reply To ..]This is the kind of thing that government is supposed to do, protect the people.
But they refuse to touch 20 Million Dollars/yr for Unemployment for Millionaires - Unemployment For Millionaires!
[ In Reply To ..]I was not aware of that until now. Unemployment for Millionaires! That's 20 Million Dollars that could be cut as far as I'm concerned, but instead, they propose to cut from Headstart and WIC.
The sneaky thing is those little riders in the bills. The larger part sounds noble, then you get to the riders. I think that's what happened earlier this week where you read the major part of the bill and it was fine, but it's in the little add-ons that the people lose and big business wins at the expense of the people and our little ones.
In my state, my celebrity Rep gov - wants to set us back
[ In Reply To ..]to the 70s when pollution was rampant and companies were not responsible because it is good for business. We have the DuPont mess, the dioxin messes, Arthur Kill, Ford site mess, pharmaceutical pollution, building in wetlands, loss of species due to same, high rates of asthma, emphysema, still recovering from the toxic fallout of 9/11 which our EPA (former Rep gov) at the time said was harmless. What they tend to do here is also build their low income housing on or near toxic-waste sites.
Well, iin MY state, I am thankful EVERY day that - a Pub Gov. took over to balance budget!!!!.nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Remember that those Republicans are the first to get us into wars where we don't belong too - and we pay and pay for many years thereafter
[ In Reply To ..]Republicans are not my heroes. These are the same people who swore there were weapons of mass destruction and we had to spend all of our military and our money. Then they attacked the wrong country. Then after that...well, you know the rest. It never ends. Sure, balance that budget (that was balanced when Clinton was in office) and then throw it all away choosing the wrong fights and then starting another before that one ends on into infinity. Sure! We need to put the Republicans up on pedestals, don't we?!
I would not be bringing this up if your comment isn't so blatantly wrong. They are not the people to claim success in balancing anything.
I am not against all Republicans and don't think they are all horrible. I just resent having them held up as heroes. They haven't earned that.
As you pointed out to the other poster.... - some of your comments
[ In Reply To ..]are blantantly wrong. Review the vote for the Iraq war resolution...many Democrats did vote for it, and it could not have passed without them. As in ANY war that has been started. Only Congress can authorize force or declare war. That is your first wrong comment.
There WERE weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq. Stockpiles of nerve gas. Nerve gas IS a weapon of mass destruction. As the remaining Kurds if they agree. That was your second wrong comment. Also, if you will read the Iraq Resolution, WMD is only ONE part of it. There are several other parts to it.
They attacked the wrong country. Sooo...you are saying that the US, and all their allies, all of whom had the same intelligence we did, attacked the wrong country: Great Britain, Australia, Germany, France, to name a few....
Third thing - Clinton did NOT balance the budget. He was there when it happened, but that is about the totality of his contribution. http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=5656
Repeating the same untruths over and over again does not make them any more true.
We can disagree about all of the above - nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Repeating the same untruth over and over... - will not make it true.
[ In Reply To ..]we can disagree about opinion, but fact is fact. ;-)
and that's what we disagree about. - nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Do you have any facts that contradict what I - said or any to support
[ In Reply To ..]what you said? Until you do, you are just repeating the same untruths expecting people to keep believing them.
Clue: we have stopped believing. We check for ourselves now. Guess you are sorry the midterms happened but once the cat is out of the bag it is sure hard to try to herd him back in, isn't it?
lol.
CATO is hardly unbiased. - not
[ In Reply To ..].
Don't challenge the source...refute the FACTS. - If there are facts not true...
[ In Reply To ..]post them. Thanks so much.
And here is what they use in the fracking process - Backwards Typist
[ In Reply To ..]I'm so sorry I didn't save the really great article on fracking. It explained everything but this short report shows what they supposedly use in the PA fracking.
http://www.chk.com/Media/MarcellusMediaKits/Marcellus_Hydraulic_Fracturing_Fact_Sheet.pdf
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