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German Government Agrees To Ban Fracking Indefinitely (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader writes: On Tuesday, the German coalition government agreed to ban fracking for shale gas indefinitely. Reuters reports: "Test drilling will be allowed but only with the permission of the respective state government, officials said. German industry is keen to keep the door open to fracking -- which involves blasting chemicals and water into rocks to release trapped gas -- arguing it could help lower energy costs, but opposition is strong in the country, where a powerful green lobby has warned about possible risks to drinking water. If the law is approved by parliament, Germany will follow France, which has banned fracking, whereas Britain allows it subject to strict environmental and safety guidelines. The two parties agreed on Tuesday to an indefinite ban, but the compromise legislation calls for the German parliament to reassess whether the decision is still valid in 2021, said Thomas Oppermann, who heads the SPD's parliamentary group. CDU officials confirmed that a compromise had been reached. Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND) criticized the proposal and said that by setting a date for a fresh look, the coalition had essentially agreed to allow fracking in five years." Last year, Bloomberg published an article making the case that the U.S. must consider the earthquake situation in Oklahoma a national security threat.
Bernie Sanders is about to bow out.
All Sanders supporters should shift their support to Jill Stein, not the felon Hillary Clinton.
Of course Bernie will support Hillary Clinton because he thinks preventing Trump (or any Republican) from becoming President is the most important thing.
I won't vote for Crooked Hillary. I haven't ruled out voting for Trump, but he's not doing a whole lot to impress me at the moment.
The right wing in this country has spent nearly 25 years trying to vilify the Clintons. They've spent probably well over $100 million in Federal money between the GWB administration and the R's in Congress investigating them. And what do they have to show for it? Nada, just a lot of innuendo.
I'm not saying Hillary is a perfect person and she wasn't my first choice for President but she's not the evil person so many are trying to make her out to be either.
I listened to Bernie Sanders for an hour nearly every Friday for years on the Thom Hartmann show so I think I know him pretty well. Of course Bernie is an idealist but he's also a pragmatic politician willing to take a partial victory to advance his cause. Doing anything that gives Trump a better chance of winning will not do that. He has got enough support to name several people to the Democratic Platform Committee and dragged Hillary to the left some. If he's inspired some of his followers to follow in his footsteps he has done a lot to advance his cause and made a small change to the world. He's not going to blow that all up just for the sake of personal pride or being a rigid idealist.