My Water's On Fire Tonight

Ban Hydraulic Fracking (Aff.) Only2% of the U.S. natural gas supply in 2000; it was 37% in 2012. This U.S. energy boom comes largely thanks to the technology of "fracking," or hydraulic fracturing, coupled with horizontal drilling methods that allow for much faster, more efficient extraction of oil and natural gas. But the question is, is fracking justified? I stand here today to state that it is not. Therefore, I asked that the house vote in affirmation to this bill. Many fracking additives are toxic, carcinogenic or mutagenic and many are kept secret. In the United States, such secrecy has been abetted by the 2005 ?Halliburton loophole,' which exempts fracking from many of the nation?s major federal environmental-protection laws, including the Safe Drinking Water Act...