The Real USA - Money Talks, Fracking's Big Pockets
- 9 years ago
According to both environmental as well as civic organizations, oil and natural gas companies that employ fracking spend hundreds of millions of dollars to influence the press and swing elections. And such spending is on the rise. According to the NGO Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, from 2004 to 2012 fracking companies' donations to election campaigns jumped 241%. Francesca Emanuele reports from Washington. teleSUR