My career as a political scientist. And this has been amongst if not the most satisfying intellectually to work with john and work with all the authors who are all crs analysts and experts who in addition to their regular duties i want to emphasize that in addition to answering the requests that come in from members of congress and their staffs, in addition to that sat down and found the time oftentimes outside of regular work hours on the weekends and in the evenings to write these very insightful chapters. And i think its im very proud to be part of the institution of the Congressional Research service at the library of congress, also a terrific institution. And were very happy every day coming to work to help serve members of congress and with the goal of an informed national legislature. So as long as were we continue to be funded, as long as Congress Wants us to be there and help them, well keep showing up for work. And producing hopefully more documents like the one we produced f
Has only 40 inspectors. West virginia has 56,000 active wells and as of 2011 just 20 inspectors. Pollution of Drinking Water whether from fracking or flawed construction of the well, or from surface waste from the site moving into aquifers has occurred 248 times between 2008 and 2014 in pennsylvania. We actually do not know how many incidents in total there have been because the state did not start collecting statistics on incidents until 2014. If we had more transparency, more accountable and more oversight, local communities would be able to make well wellinformed choices. However, building an oversight hearing around Public Relations campaigns to dismiss those concerns of local communities not only does a disservice to members of this committee, it also does nothing to increase the trust of the fracking industry in those communities. In closing, i would argue that it is not some hypocritical Smear Campaign by. The federal government, but rather repeated attacks against epa and campa
A speech for antifracking activists where she says it is so sweet to come together in one room to tell the story of our victory. But there is more. We found a network of environmentally active foundations funding the groups that produced this paper some Media Outlets that covered the paper, and Campaign Organizations that pressure the colombo administration. These financial ties total 3. 7 million. More than 60 million at the campaign phase. This was not an isolated case. We found at least five more Research Papers cited by the Cuomo Administration were antifracking foundations that provided funding to the researchers, Media Outlets, and campaigns that sees the research to drum up political opposition to shale development. The antifracking work of these foundations was led by the Park Foundation best at ithaca, new york whose president has openly admitted to funding antifracking research and call campaigning. In effect, these foundations build an echo chamber to drown out the facts in
Rep. Smith the combination of hydraulic fracturing called fracking this technological breakthrough has helped create hundreds of thousands of jobs for the resurging Manufacturing Sector and has allowed the nation to become more energy independent. As with any type of technological process, any risk must be evaluated carefully. By the use of verifiable science. Unfortunately, opponents make claims based on the possibility and not the probability of associated risk. Environmental protections agencies have used this to wrongly assert a connection between hydraulic fracturing and groundwater contamination. In texas, the epa issued an unprecedented order that halted Natural Gas Development only to have them investigate and find the epa was wrong. They released a report that found hydraulic fracturing caused water contamination. It was later discovered that the report had several glaring weaknesses. They failed to take into account naturally occurring natural gas. It was not peerreviewed. Th
Governor Jared Polis signs three bills related to affordable housing into law, marking a significant step forward in addressing housing challenges in Colorado.