Comment on When and why did democrats begin supporting fracking?
machinin@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It seems like the fracking industry has cleaned up a lot of their shit? We aren’t hearing the stories of water on fire, earthquakes in areas like Oklahoma, etc.
I’m just guessing. I haven’t seen any criticism of the industry recently.
memfree@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
Are you trying to greenwash fracking??? Industry never cleans up. There’s no profit in it. You would hear them advertise their ‘commitment to nature’ if they rescued one tree or bunny from their own contamination. When you hear nothing, they are continuing to wreak havoc.
machinin@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Sorry, no greenwashing, just guessing. I just haven’t seen the criticisms like we had 10 years ago.
I agree that politicians don’t have much reason to speak against it without pressure, but I haven’t seen any pressure from citizens about it recently.
I could very much be out of the loop, so if you have any recent articles critical of the industry, I’d be happy to see them.
memfree@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
I believe the main issue is that it doesn’t get ‘clicks’ these days because everyone already knows about it. “Dog bites man” doesn’t get as many clicks as “Man bites dog” and all that. Still, a quick search brought up a couple articles from the last 12 months that weren’t stifled:
tangential: …npr.org/…/methane-emissions-much-higher-than-gas…
machinin@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Thanks, I do appreciate this. It’s good to be reminded.