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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING: Vermont becomes the first state to BAN FRACKING! [View all]garybeck
(9,942 posts)48. Nope. See post #39. n/t
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That is great news. Maybe more states will follow suit. Soon we will ruin all of our drinking water.
Pisces
May 2012
#1
But rich people are getting richer and that's the most important thing in the world, after all. nt
valerief
May 2012
#68
Great job VT. However notice how it is breaking news here and on Wikipedia. No banner headlines
Justice wanted
May 2012
#9
well that's nice, but the right of child care workers to unionize? Blocked by the dem Senate prez
cali
May 2012
#11
Vermont has no gas or oil, they can take the "high road" without any consequences.
crayfish
May 2012
#13
California, maybe because they do crazy stuff there all the time (e.g. Prop 8)
crayfish
May 2012
#20
Give me some actual evidence for these and I'll be happy to look it. A few dead cattle is pretty
crayfish
May 2012
#35
Thank you, yes I have seen it, and it belongs down there alongside "Loose Change" and other
crayfish
May 2012
#71
Yeah, sure--there's nothing "idiot conspiracy theory" about lighting your drinking water on fire.
MADem
May 2012
#72
Water is not flammable. CH4 that frequently leaches into well water definitely is.
crayfish
May 2012
#73
Of course water is not flammable. The rest of your comment isn't completely accurate.
MADem
May 2012
#74
The gas is not in the "water table", it gets into water wells from different strata.
crayfish
Jun 2012
#75
All those links go to the very same Wiki article. And Wiki is hardly a reliable source for anything
crayfish
May 2012
#34
Gee, I wonder why natural gas drillers needed to be exempt from Safe Drinking Water Act..
groundloop
May 2012
#52
Colorado won't ban it, but they did make it have strict ground water standards.
joshcryer
May 2012
#38