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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 09:44 AM Aug 2016

Ken Salazar

This guy concerns me and I think should be of concern to every Democrat.



Hillary Clinton Picks TPP and Fracking Advocate To Set Up Her Whitehouse




As a senator, Salazar was widely considered a reliable friend to the oil, gas, ranching and mining industries. As interior secretary, he opened the Arctic Ocean for oil drilling, and oversaw the botched response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Since returning to the private sector, he has been an ardent supporter of the TPP, while pushing back against curbs on fracking.

The TPP would enhance the ability of corporations to sue to overturn environmental regulations, but Salazar helped a pro-TPP front group, the “Progressive Coalition for American Jobs,” argue the opposite.

In a November 2015 USA Today op-ed that Salazar co-wrote with Bruce Babbitt, the two men argued that the TPP would be the “the greenest trade deal ever” by promoting sustainable energy. Both Salazar and Babbitt cited their former positions as interior secretaries to boost their credibility.


Shortly after leaving his post at the Obama administration, Salazar appeared at an oil and gas industry conference to argue in favor of fracking.

“We know that, from everything we’ve seen, there’s not a single case where hydraulic fracking has created an environmental problem for anyone,” Salazar told the attendees, who included the vice president of BP America, another keynote speaker at the conference. “We need to make sure that story is told.”


https://theintercept.com/2016/08/16/hillary-clinton-picks-tpp-and-fracking-advocate-to-set-up-her-white-house/
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Ken Salazar (Original Post) SHRED Aug 2016 OP
Sometimes people will see what they want to see. Phlem Aug 2016 #1
I think Faux pas Aug 2016 #2
I'm just wondering... SHRED Aug 2016 #3
"Populist Reform of the Democratic Party" (DU Group) ? Donkees Aug 2016 #4
Thanks SHRED Aug 2016 #5
Heh, learn something new every day. I never knew about that group riderinthestorm Aug 2016 #6
I have had more posts removed -- Hell Hath No Fury Aug 2016 #12
Sigh. Now isn't that a question... nt riderinthestorm Aug 2016 #7
I posted this on the Environment forum SHRED Aug 2016 #8
I'm surprised you didn't get a hide riderinthestorm Aug 2016 #9
It's still early SHRED Aug 2016 #10
No TSIAS Aug 2016 #11
 

SHRED

(28,136 posts)
3. I'm just wondering...
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 10:08 AM
Aug 2016

Is there any place on the DU where we can push Hillary from the Left? I chose here but I'm not sure it's safe even here.

I think constructive criticism is helpful and OBTW I will always defend her from the insanity of the Republicans.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
6. Heh, learn something new every day. I never knew about that group
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 10:39 AM
Aug 2016

Thank you!

While I'd like to think DU allows us to keep pushing from the left, the current mood here is odd.


 

Hell Hath No Fury

(16,327 posts)
12. I have had more posts removed --
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 05:04 PM
Aug 2016

in the past three weeks than in all the years I have been here (since almost the beginning) combined. And I haven't said anything that hasn't been said here many times before. It is worse than the speech crackdown after O's election.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
9. I'm surprised you didn't get a hide
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 10:58 AM
Aug 2016

Seriously.

The stuff getting alerted on and removed is crazy bad.

SMDH.

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