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Sanders on Clinton: “She pushed fracking technology on countries all over the world.”
In 2011, the Bulgarian government granted U.S. Oil Company, Chevron, permission to extract oil using the controversial technique known as “fracking.” The decision spurred thousands of protesters to stage rallies across the country demanding the government rescind the permission. Bulgaria’s officials obliged in early 2012, by revokingpermission from Chevron to use the technique known as “fracking,” but still allowing the company to extract oil from within the country. Donor records show the company donated between $500,000 and $1 million to the Clinton Foundation.
In a meeting shortly after with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Bulgarian officials were urged to change their minds, according to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, offering to “bring the best specialists on these new technologies to present the benefits of the technology to the Bulgarian people.”One of those specialists sentwas Special U.S. Envoy for Eurasian Energy, Richard Morningstar. According toMother Jones, Morningstar, “touted the technology in an interview on Bulgarian national radio, saying it could lead to a five-fold drop in the price of natural gas. A few weeks later, Romania’s parliament voted down its proposed fracking ban and Bulgaria’s eased its moratorium.” The publication also claims documents they obtained link U.S. diplomatic officials link to the state department have pushed for fracking around the globe while Hillary Clinton served as Secretary of State …. http://www.huffingtonpost.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2016/06/sanders-on-clinton-she-pushed-fracking.html
