“Hillary Clinton supports fracking. I do not.”
These words appeared in a recent fundraising email from Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, which fiercely attacked fracking and Hillary Clinton’s support from and for the natural gas industry.
In blunt language, Sanders contrasted his call for a national moratorium on fracking against Clinton’s fundraising from natural gas investors:
Just days before the Iowa caucus, Hillary Clinton left the campaign trail for a high-dollar fundraiser at a hedge fund. That same hedge fund is a major investor in fracking, an incredibly destructive practice of extracting natural gas by pumping hundreds of secret chemicals into the ground. Hillary Clinton supports fracking. I do not. And just as I believe you can’t take on Wall Street while taking their money, I don’t believe you can take on climate change effectively while taking money from those who would profit off the destruction of the planet.Sanders’ message is referring to a January 27 fundraiser attended by Hillary Clinton at the headquarters of Philadelphia hedge fund Franklin Square Capital Partners. Franklin Square invests in private fracking and oil drilling companies across the nation, as well as Canada and the Gulf of Mexico.