President Obama is the Fracking-Supporter-In-Chief

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30. My state has a pending bill NOT to require disclosure of chemicals in the Fracking process which

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could effect the underground water supply. It's sponsored by the Koch Allies and has some Dems supporting it in the rural areas. Environmental groups will probably have to get a lawsuit to stop it....but, the way things are going the fracking will be underway well before a lawsuit winds it's way through the courts. And, given the status of some of the judges who would have to decide "Disclosure" might either lose or get kicked up to the Supremes. Meanwhile the damage is being done.

Pennsylvania has families who've had their drinking water poisoned with verified health effects and all they can hope for is settlement money from the Frackers to shut them up.

There's not likely to legally be a blanket disclosure with different drilling companies using different formulas for Fraking ingredients. So, disclosure for one doesn't mean disclosure for all if one wins a case against one company then you have start all over with a different company for their disclosure.

Plus, there's the problem of waste disposal and how much will be exported and not disclosed to the public, but hidden in legalese and trade agreement jargon.