White House Could Cast Decisive Vote to Permit 20,000 Fracking Wells in Delaware River Basin

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Run time: 13:19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InuQOQApPLE   Posted on YouTube: November 11, 2011 By YouTube Member: democracynow Views on YouTube: 1094   Posted on DU: November 14, 2011 By DU Member: The Northerner Views on DU: 625

 
www.DemocracyNow.org - This week the Delaware River Basin Commission released draft regulations to allow for the natural gas drilling technique hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, in the river's watershed, which provides water to 15.6 million people in New York City, Philadelphia and New Jersey. The proposed plan would allow for some 20,000 gas wells to be developed in the watershed. A vote on the regulations is set for Nov. 21, and could prompt a battle between activists and the White House, which holds a seat on the commission and may cast the deciding vote. Democracy Now! speaks with Josh Fox, whose documentary about fracking, "Gaslands" was nominated for an Academy Award, and play an excerpt of his new video about the possible impacts natural gas fracking could have in Delaware River basin.

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