2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumOne should not overlook Hillary's links to fracking
How Hillary Clinton's State Department Sold Fracking To The World
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 globepart 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 officialssome with deep ties to industryalso helped US firms clinch potentially lucrative shale concessions overseas, raising troubling questions about whose interests the program actually serves.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/10/hillary-clinton-fracking_n_5796786.html
Champion Jack
(5,378 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)jeff47
(26,549 posts)kath
(10,565 posts)nichomachus
(12,754 posts)She has a lot of "experience," most of it pretty unsavory.
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)k/r
djean111
(14,255 posts)would be a reason to support Hillary - fracking, increased H-1B visas, cluster bombs, the TPP, war - it is lunacy to think that anything Bernie says or does would get me to support a candidate who supports that utter shit.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)don't forget GMOs