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Congress: Insider trading and dirty oil money

November 14, 2011 By TXsharon

Blech. I am so over our government at all levels.

Congress: Trading stock on inside information?

Fracking for Support: Natural Gas Industry Pumps Cash into Congress
New report details 10-year spending campaign by fracking interests to avoid regulation

Natural gas interests have spent more than $747 million during a 10-year campaign – stunningly successful so far – to avoid government regulation of hydraulic “fracking,” a fast-growing and environmentally risky method of tapping underground gas reserves,according to a new study by Common Cause.

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  1. FrackingCrazy says

    November 14, 2011 at 7:46 pm

    747 million above
    + 4 billion in tax subsidies
    +750 million on lobbying..
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    Wowsers!

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