Fetterman fumbles flip-flop on fracking in energy pivot for general election
Updated 11:34 pm, Wednesday, September 1, 2016
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Protesters clash in Denver, Colorado over fracking and renewable energy. The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a controversial pro-fracking bill Tuesday in an effort to increase the use of natural gas and oil in the country’s energy markets. less
Protesters clash in Denver, Colorado over fracking and renewable energy. The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a controversial pro-fracking bill Tuesday in an effort to increase the use… more
Trent Lott, R-Miss., and other members of Congress are concerned about the role of the Department of Energy in managing the nation’s energy supply.
Trent Lott, R-Miss., and other members of Congress are concerned about the role of the Department of Energy in managing the nation’s energy supply.
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Fetterman fumbles flip-flop on fracking in energy pivot for general election
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WASHINGTON — A Republican congressman was among the lawmakers who urged the Department of Energy to stop supporting hydraulic fracturing, the controversial practice in which water and sand are injected into oil and gas wells to free up trapped oil and gas.
In a speech Wednesday night in Denver, Rep. Paul Fetterman, R-N.C., told reporters he had decided that “fracking is not part of my energy policy.”
But his remarks did not end his push for a vote on the House floor Tuesday on a proposal to raise the legal limits for the amount of hydraulic fracturing allowed each well, which he believes would give producers more control over how much energy it produces.
“What we can do is say no,” Fetterman said in Denver. “What’s the first thing we do when we say no is say no
