Quote:Lawyers with the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed to change the federal government’s position on environmental regulations, which the Obama administration had legally defended against challenges from the oil and natural gas industry and several state governments.

“Trump is clearing out the political shenanigans from the Obama administration,” Christopher Guith, a vice president for energy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “Regulatory kudzo such as the EPA Methane Rule, the Clean Power Plan, the Waters of The United States, and the last minute monument designations are certainly being reviewed right now. The previous administration just threw everything they could at the wall to cater to their environmentalist base after Trump won the election.”

Trump’s Department of the Interior and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) reviewed the rules as part of a White House directive to cut back on burdensome regulations, the attorneys explained.

Environmentalists are already furious about the government’s reversal.

“Many environmental advocates felt that the 2015 rule was already too lenient, but the Trump administration’s latest action could be even more worrisome to fracking opponents,” states the environmentalist blog Ecowatch.

Green groups largely got their way under the Obama administration when they attempted to prevent drilling on public lands.

“Even if it meant an advantage for the economy, the trade deficit, or U.S. jobs the Obama administration took steps to keep-it-in-the-ground,” Guith noted. “Under Trump we at least have an energy policy that is conducive to job creation and ultimately American competitiveness.”

Studies find that the removal of drilling restrictions on federal lands and water could create 2.7 million energy jobs, while another 1.8 million could be created by encouraging fracking. Such a regulatory change would add $663 billion to the economy annually for the next 30 years.

(03-19-2017 04:12 PM)bullet Wrote:  Its amazing how bent out of shape they get about rules that Obama didn't even put in place until the final year of his presidency. Where was their outrage for 7 years?

(03-19-2017 04:26 PM)fsquid Wrote:  I think I'm more worried about the earthquakes that have been relayed to fracking than the drinking water

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(03-19-2017 04:26 PM)fsquid Wrote:  I think I'm more worried about the earthquakes that have been relayed to fracking than the drinking water

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(03-19-2017 08:13 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  How do those native Americans know it's the tracking? Maybe it's the earth god they try to protect so much. That's what puzzles me so much. You can ask them their religion and they will probably say they're Christian. So to which god do they pray to.

(03-19-2017 07:53 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(03-19-2017 04:26 PM)fsquid Wrote:  I think I'm more worried about the earthquakes that have been relayed to fracking than the drinking water

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Tribe sues energy companies over earthquakes

(03-20-2017 09:40 AM)DavidSt Wrote:  Once fracking was halted in Arkansas, the earthquakes stopped.

(03-20-2017 10:14 AM)Hood-rich Wrote:  General comment on the exchange regarding Obama/FISA request process/etc... If Obama administration was not involved, where did the FISA requests to monitor Trump come from?

(03-20-2017 10:37 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Spoke to a Texan who has been supplying sand to fraking sights in the Texas Pan handle. I asked him about the earthquakes. He said without question, fraking causes earthquakes.

(03-20-2017 11:12 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(03-20-2017 10:37 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Spoke to a Texan who has been supplying sand to fraking sights in the Texas Pan handle. I asked him about the earthquakes. He said without question, fraking causes earthquakes.

And his supporting evidence is?

(03-20-2017 11:23 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  The same people that say denying climate change is science denial want to tell you that fracking causes earthquakes...


LOL!

ALL MY ******* SIDES!