Banning fracking: It’s complicated

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A national ban on fracking has been a top demand for progressives for years, but Joe Biden has made it clear he doesn’t favor an outright ban. On POLITICO Energy, bjlefebvre and zcolman discuss why it will be a wedge issue for Dems in the years to come.

 

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bjlefebvre zcolman Yay or nay - A big environmental (and financial) challenge the oil & gas industry faces is the amount of water a fracking well requires. A typical well uses 4 million or 5 million gallons of water & generates about 1m gallons of contaminated wastewater that has to be disposed of.

bjlefebvre zcolman Doesn’t matter rt now. Not a fracking fan. But let’s back burner it for now. There is an over-whelming amt of Trump BS that Biden must work on immediately. Such as, reversing DJT’s EO’s, Covid, ACA/health care, Blk lives matter, Economy & Jobs, Senate & SC. Healing the USA!!! 🇺🇸

bjlefebvre zcolman If Joe said that, he will not remember tomorrow what he even said, from the looks of past video clips I have seen, he flip flops on many issues! So who knows what he will or won't do!!

bjlefebvre zcolman Biden has committed to a ban on fracking many times, and even ending all fossil energy. In this race he is hiding his commitment as he is afraid that voters, particularly in Pennsylvania would reject him.

bjlefebvre zcolman Ignoring all those recorded Biden comments to the contrary ...

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