Vermont first state to ban fracking
Source: CNN
Vermont's governor has signed a bill making it the first U.S. state to ban fracking, the controversial practice to extract natural gas from the ground.
"This is a big deal," Gov. Peter Shumlin said Wednesday. "This bill will ensure that we do not inject chemicals into groundwater in a desperate pursuit for energy."
Shumlin said fracking contaminates groundwater and the science behind it is "uncertain at best." He said he hopes other states will follow Vermont's lead in banning it.
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, has unleashed a boom in energy production in the United States by allowing the extraction of oil and gas from shale rock. Supporters say it has reduced the country's oil imports, boosted natural gas production and provided thousands of jobs.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/17/us/vermont-fracking/index.html
sinkingfeeling
(51,490 posts)murray hill farm
(3,650 posts)To Burlington specifically. The most progressive and liberal city...in the most progressive and liberal state in the US. Sounds excellent to me. Plus and extremely beautiful place to live.
Great Caesars Ghost
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Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Gay marriage good, fracking bad. They have it right.
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BigD_95
(911 posts)I think I want to move there but my wife hates the cold & snow here in PA
sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)the Supreme Court to find Vermont in violation of the inter-state commerce clause?
xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)HotRodTuna
(114 posts)Besides lobster? Please. That's like Hawaii saying it's going to ban snowblowers.
Ok, I just looked it up. Vermont has a total of three wells, all dry holes. Hey, way to stick your neck out fellas, gutsy call!
I find this kind of crap irritating.
karynnj
(59,508 posts)I don't think so - they are not on the ocean. I don't think Lake Champlain has lobster. I think they are famous for their granite.
Not a Vermonter - yet. (We will retire there.)
Rhiannon12866
(206,594 posts)I'm in NY, but spent my summers in Vermont when I was a kid and love it there. It's a beautiful state.
karynnj
(59,508 posts)and the Senators and maple syrup are wonderful.
HotRodTuna
(114 posts)FarCenter
(19,429 posts)karynnj
(59,508 posts)of what was said in a long ago tour of the capital building with our kids about 17 years ago.
24601
(3,966 posts)harun
(11,348 posts)polichick
(37,152 posts)...he showed up talking that smack about the status quo!
goclark
(30,404 posts)of my house-- CA
Do a google and see wha the Oil Industry is doing to property and land all over the map.
Nihil
(13,508 posts)> "This bill will ensure that we do not inject chemicals into groundwater in a desperate pursuit for energy."
If only such honesty were the rule rather than the exception in politicians.
polichick
(37,152 posts)This is the state that banned slavery 100 YEARS before it was banned across the country.
BRAVO!!
RogerShuler
(11 posts)Any chance of the opposition getting this strong in Pennsylvania? Isn't that one of the states where the problem is especially severe?