Hillary Clinton says fracking carries risks in conservation speech

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Hillary Clinton says fracking carries risks in conservation speech

Suzanne Goldenberg in New York
theguardian.com, Tuesday 2 December 2014 03.48 GMT

Hillary Clinton has offered mild criticism of the fracking boom that has spread across the US under Barack Obama’s presidency, drawing another small distinction with his administration.

Clinton, who has yet to declare she is seeking the presidency, kept the bulk of her speech to a League of Conservation Voters dinner in New York resolutely vanilla. But she did express concerns about the environmental costs associated with natural gas and went so far as to suggest there may be places where it was too dangerous to drill at all.

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“Methane leaks in the production and transportation of natural gas pose a particularly troubling threat so it is crucial we put in place smart regulations and enforce them – including deciding not to drill when the risks to local communities, landscapes and ecosystems are just too high.”

Clinton’s comments were nowhere near as sharp as her critique of Obama’s foreign policy last August, when she bluntly said the administration lacked a coherent strategy.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/02/hillary-clinton-says-fracking-carries-risks-in-conservation-speech

[RiverLover]

1. She likes to play to her audience.

How Hillary Clinton's State Department Sold Fracking To The World

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/10/hillary-clinton-fracking_n_5796786.html

[Autumn]

2. "mild criticism". Yep just what we need, just like "mild criticism" of the

"bankers" who got the country into the financial mess.

[NYC_SKP]

4. Hey, Bankers are people, too, Autumn! Think of the bankers, think of their children!

Think of Chelsea's new $9,500,000 condo in NYC.

Think of her nanny and her nanny's children.

[Autumn]

8. You are so right. Yes we must think of them and have proper concern.

And seriously who the fuck needs clean water? Earthquakes? Hey to a hungry kid who can't afford anything else because their parents are scraping by on minimum wage an earthquake is like an amusement ride.
Those takers going to bed hungry and facing life on the streets if one little emergency comes up and costs them a pay check are such an unseen problem.
GOTV !!!!!!!

[NYC_SKP]

3. In other words, "Drill, Baby. Drill!"

She lost me at "methane leaks in the production....".

Who wrote that for her, some exec buddy from the American Petroleum Institute?



Go away Hillary.

[nc4bo]

5. Other DUers have beat me to it.

Mild criticism.......hahahahaha

How about no fracking, period.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

6. She expressed criticism of fracking in front of conservationists? How very brave of her! nt

[nc4bo]

7. Very mild criticism.

Ugh.

Fence straddling 101, chapter 2 - When speaking in front of a bunch of tree huggers..

Also see Chapter 1 - When speaking in front of your "left of" Democratic base and Democratic moderates.

Chapter 4 A and B - When speaking in front of Republican-lite and Republicans moderates.