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Related: About this forumEd Rendell Intervened For Oil Company to Stop EPA Contamination Case Against Range Resources
A breaking investigation by EnergyWire appears to connect the dots between shadowy lobbying efforts by shale gas fracking company Range Resources, and the Obama EPA's decision to shut down its high-profile lawsuit against Range for allegedly contaminating groundwater in Weatherford, TX.
At the center of the scandal sits former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, the former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and the National Governors' Association.
Just weeks ago, the Associated Press (AP) broke news that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shut down the high-profile Texas lawsuit and buried an accompanying scientific report obtained during the lawsuit's discovery phase in March 2012.
That confidential report, contracted out to hydrogeologist Geoffrey Thyne by the Obama EPA, concluded that methane found in the drinking water of a nearby resident could have originated from Range Resources' nearby shale gas fracking operation.
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Ed Rendell Intervened For Oil Company to Stop EPA Contamination Case Against Range Resources (Original Post)
limpyhobbler
Feb 2013
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bluedigger
(17,086 posts)1. Ed is a pro business Dem.
Always works to diminish environmental advocacy.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)2. Apparently also a "pro-poisoning water" Dem.
Sadly the Obama administration went along with it too. If I saw Bush and Cheney doing this stuff, I would say, yep that makes sense. To see the Dems. doing this is a little more depressing I guess. Seriously this story is some sad stuff.
Nihil
(13,508 posts)3. Nope, just another member of the old green party ...
... no loyalty to anything except lots of nice green dollars ...
pscot
(21,024 posts)4. AKA "tool"
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)5. As a member of "Fix the Debt" , he's also
anti- social safety net. What DOES he support in the Democratic party platform?