Bernie Sanders Calls For Total Ban On Fracking In New Ad

Bernie Sanders Calls For Total Ban On Fracking In New Ad

As the presidential primary contenders attack in New York, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is acquisitive his position on hydraulic fracturing can advice differentiate him from above Secretary of Accompaniment Hillary Clinton.

In an ad and accent Monday, Sanders calls for an absolute ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a action acclimated to abstract accustomed gas affluence from shale formations. Fracking uses a high-pressure beck of water, beach and chemicals to tap into shale formations. And there is a lot of accustomed gas independent in the Marcellus formation, which stretches up into New York state.

But the affair has been hotly contested in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo appear a ban on the action in December 2014 due to apropos about bloom and safety. The ban was accomplished in June 2015.

Many communities accept aloft apropos that fracking could alloy groundwater sources, which is what prompted the New York accompaniment ban. The Environmental Protection Agency appear a long-awaited abstraction on the appulse of fracking on bubbler baptize sources endure year, which begin that while there accept been some cases of contamination, it is not a boundless issue. The EPA's own science advising lath has criticized the study, however, adage its cessation "requires clarification."

Sanders alleged the New York ban to go civic in an accident in Binghamton, New York, Monday. “I wish to acclaim you for continuing up to Gov. Cuomo and ambitious that New York accompaniment ban fracking," Sanders said. "If we are serious, we charge to put an end to fracking not alone in New York and Vermont but all over this country."

His ad, aswell appear Monday, set this up as a key aberration amid him and Clinton.

"Bernie Sanders is the alone applicant for admiral who opposes fracking everywhere," says the 30-second advertisement, anecdotal by extra Susan Sarandon. The ad cites apropos over "dangerous, cancer-causing chemicals" getting injected into the ground. And it intones that Washington politicians are balustrade with polluters over families, because they've been afflicted by Big Oil money.

"He can't be bought by them, because he's adjourned by you," says the ad.

The Sanders attack acutely sees fracking as an affair it can use to ambit his action proposals from Clinton. While Sanders has said he would ban the practice, Clinton has staked out added of a advanced position. She has said she would appoint tougher regulations and added restrictions on fracking, and that states and bounded governments who wish to ban fracking should be able to, but still believes that there are means to "ensure safe and amenable accustomed gas production."

"By the time we get through all of my conditions, I do not anticipate there will be abounding places in America area fracking will abide to yield place," Clinton said in a agitation endure month.

In the past, Clinton has been added admiring of accustomed gas as a "bridge" ammunition as the country moves to renewable activity -- which is appealing abundant the position the Obama administering has taken on gas.

Sanders and Clinton accept been battle over oil and gas in contempo weeks. A altitude activist confronted her over attack donations from the deposit ammunition industry, which prompted the above secretary of accompaniment to say that she is "so ailing of the Sanders attack lying about me."

Sanders has said that Clinton "gets a lot of money" from the deposit ammunition industry, a part of added industries. And his attack put out a account adage that Clinton "has relied heavily on funds from lobbyists alive for the oil, gas and atramentous industry."

Clinton's attack has countered that she has "not taken a dollar from oil and gas industry PACs or corporations." She does, however, yield alone contributions from humans who plan in the industry. The Huffington Post covered those contributions endure year, acquainted that abounding of her above bundlers aswell antechamber for the deposit ammunition industry.

But the fact-checkers accept sided abundantly with Clinton, acquainted that even if she takes added money from individuals who plan in the deposit ammunition industry than Sanders, it's hardly a abundant allocation of her attack funds.

The new Sanders ad indicates that his attack sees oil and gas -- and fracking accurately -- as a key affair for next week's New York contest.

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