Many Americans first heard about fracking in 2010. It’s the controversial technology for extracting natural-gas, a practice that has subjected areas of the country to a drilling boom. Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune visited Pennsylvania to meet with people who've been affected by reckless drilling, and blogged about how the industry is "exempt from the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Air Act, parts of the Clean Water Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, as well as our country's hazardous waste and cleanup laws."
The Sierra Club's Activist Network, which launched in 2010, has one of its biggest and most active teams working on the issue.
The Sierra Club's Activist Network, which launched in 2010, has one of its biggest and most active teams working on the issue.
Article courtesy of Sierra club Insider
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