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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts) Sat Aug 17, 2013, 06:25 AM Aug 2013

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Texas Towns Frack Their Way To Drought Conditions

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Texas Towns Frack Their Way To Drought Conditions (Original Post) unhappycamper Aug 2013 OP

GREED mtasselin Aug 2013 #1

U.S. Drought Monitor snappyturtle Aug 2013 #2

brilliant!!! NoMoreWarNow Aug 2013 #3

and the greed and destruction continues to spread... mountain grammy Aug 2013 #4

The rules were decided by laws,"The Halliburton Loophole", in which VP Chaney set it up DhhD Aug 2013 #5

mtasselin

(666 posts)

1. GREED

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sat Aug 17, 2013, 08:29 AM

Aug 2013

Greed is destroying not only our country but every other country in the world. From the IMF to local governments greed is not good, when you start wrecking the infrastructure of Mother Earth we as a people are in trouble. The oil companies will walk away and the people will be stuck with the bill as usual, same song being played over and over.

snappyturtle

(14,656 posts)

2. U.S. Drought Monitor

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sat Aug 17, 2013, 08:36 AM

Aug 2013

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

NoMoreWarNow

(1,259 posts)

3. brilliant!!!

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sat Aug 17, 2013, 08:58 AM

Aug 2013

except for the innocent kids, I almost feel like these idiots deserve to suffer.

mountain grammy

(26,598 posts)

4. and the greed and destruction continues to spread...

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sat Aug 17, 2013, 10:17 AM

Aug 2013

DhhD

(4,695 posts)

5. The rules were decided by laws,"The Halliburton Loophole", in which VP Chaney set it up

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sat Aug 17, 2013, 02:19 PM

Aug 2013

so that Fracturing companies could destroy the American Dream/Pursuit of Happiness about a decade ago.

http://www.independentwatertesting.com/education-center/148-what-is-the-halliburton-loophole.html

More specific drilling infromation on how fracking compnies are ignoring their water use.

http://www.texastribune.org/2013/03/08/texas-water-use-fracking-stirs-concerns/

Texas law protects fracking fluid, "Trade Secrets". See the following about Dallas.

http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2012/08/07/what-texas-fracking-disclosure-law-does-and-doesnt-do/

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