Quotes for All
It’s not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren’t the worst problem with fracking. David Suzuki
In my native Boulder County, Colorado, the fracking fanatics are out in force. They are marching door-to-door, petitions and mythology in hand, and they are storming city council and county commissioner meetings. Bob Beauprez
I think fracking for gas will reduce the incentive to turn to renewables, and I think it will do a lot of other damage across the countryside. Bill McKibben
I want to break up the Wall Street banks. Hillary Clinton doesn’t. I want to raise the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour. She wants $12 an hour. I voted against the War in Iraq. She voted for the War in Iraq. I believe we should ban fracking. She does not. I believe we … Read more
I’m very proud that the state of Vermont banned fracking. I hope communities all over California, and all over America do the same. Bernie Sanders
I think, again, the overall intellectual structure of the speech is very much consistent with what Donald Trump has been saying on the campaign trail. He’s against free trade. He’s against immigration. But he has been in favor of tax reform, and he has been afraid of – in favor of developing American energy sources … Read more
The environmental catastrophes we’re presently seeing are considered normal though they’re horrific. Fracking has made drinking water flammable, families are dying from planned lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan, mountaintop removal is killing families throughout Appalachia, and oil/mining companies continue to denigrate Native American and indigenous rights throughout the world (see North Dakota Pipeline presently). This … Read more