Jun 22, 2016
Obama-appointed judge destroys chances of federal regulation on fracking (Corporate america and the ruling Cabal to use blackmail and coerce politicians, judges and officials to do what they want. Denmark has recently banned the French gas giant Total in 2016...)
Imposing federal regulations on fracking – one of the Obama administration’s most ambitious targets – has been struck down by a judge because Congress won’t allow it. The rules would have gone a long way to reducing the harm associated with the practice.
Hydraulic fracturing as a way of extracting oil and gas has been proven to cause damage to both the environment and people’s health, and new studies keep coming in, linking fracking to the rising incidence of earthquakes. However, the practice has also been key to the United States’ recent oil and gas boom, so several states and powerful lobby groups have been doing everything they can to keep it going.
US President Barack Obama had made it his mission to open fracking up to greater scrutiny, including delegating authority to the Interior Department. But Judge Scott Skavdahl of the District Court of Wyoming on Tuesday ruled out this possibility.
Continue reading at...https://www.rt.com/usa/347772-fracking-federal-regulations-ruled/
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