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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:55:29 -0500
Subject: Fwd: POLITICO MAGAZINE: A Big Fracking Lie
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If you want to know just how bad an idea it is for America to ship “fracked” natural gas to overseas markets, travel the 65 miles from the White House to a place called Cove Point in southern Maryland.

 

There, right on the Chesapeake Bay, the Obama administration wants to give fast-track approval to a $3.8 billion facility (12 times the cost of the NFL Ravens stadium) to liquefy gas from all across Appalachia.

 

Read more in “A Big Fracking Lie,” a POLITICO Magazine contribution from Bill McKibben of 350.org and Mike Tidwell of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network.





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Deborah J. Nardone, Director
Beyond Natural Gas Campaign
Sierra Club

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