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| + | |perpetrators=Dick Cheney | ||
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| + | |description=A 'get out of jail free card' for the [[Fracking]] industry, to permit them to poison the US drinking water. | ||
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| + | The '''Cheney Loophole''', also known as the '''Halliburton loophole'''<ref>http://www.examiner.com/article/fracking-natural-gas-halliburton-loophole-threatens-us-drinking-water-supply</ref> is an exemption to the [[Federal Energy Policy Act of 2005]] that allowed the [[fracking]] industry to circumvent the [[Safe Drinking Water Act]] by exempting fracking fluids. | ||
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| + | In 2005, at the urging of [[Vice President]] Cheney, this loophole was inserted, fast tracking shale fracking as a source of cheap natural [[gas]].<ref>http://cleanwater.org/page/fracking-laws-and-loopholes</ref><ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-grandia/how-cheneys-loophole-is-f_b_502924.html</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 09:16, 4 December 2015
| Date | 2005 |
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| Location | USA |
| Perpetrators | Dick Cheney |
| Type | legal |
| Description | A 'get out of jail free card' for the Fracking industry, to permit them to poison the US drinking water. |
The Cheney Loophole, also known as the Halliburton loophole[1] is an exemption to the Federal Energy Policy Act of 2005 that allowed the fracking industry to circumvent the Safe Drinking Water Act by exempting fracking fluids.
In 2005, at the urging of Vice President Cheney, this loophole was inserted, fast tracking shale fracking as a source of cheap natural gas.[2][3]
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