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Vermont will soon become the first state to ban fracking
Last week – the Vermont House and Senate passed legislation outlawing the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, which poisons ground water and leads to earthquakes. Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin is expected to sign the bill into law when it reaches his desk.
The George W. Bush administration – chock-full of energy barons like Dick Cheney – exempted fracking from federal environmental regulations – meaning it’s up to the states to take action to protect their populations from fracking chemicals. So far – New York and Maryland both have moratoriums on fracking in place.
And overseas – fracking has been outlawed in France, Bulgaria, the Czech Republicans, and Germany. Let’s help Vermont’s bold actions trigger other states to “get the frack out.”
-Thom
(How many states do you think will follow suit? Tell us here.)
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Anya Kamenetz, author "Generation Debt" and most recently "DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education" (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Daily Take: The DOJ vs. Sheriff Joe's racist abuse
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Friday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
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Thursday's Daily Stack
Hour One: Jobs and the economy- Professor Robert Reich, Former U.S. Labor Secretary / Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy-University of California at Berkeley
The Big Picture- Sam Sacks, The Big Picture producer, progressive commentator
Kids suing global warming- Alec Loorz, Student-El Camino H.S., Ventura, CA/ Founder-iMatter Movement
Hour Two: "The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise"- Arthur Brooks, American Enterprise Institute
Geeky Science rocks! The Mozart effect...babies' brains on music.
Geeky Science: Babies' Brains Benefit from Music Lessons, Even Before They Can Walk and Talk
Hour Three: Scared America
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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour Two: What if they privatized...everything?- Harris Kenny
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Thom's Poll
The largest bank in the US, JP Morgan Chase, recently lost $2 billion in six weeks. Is this a harbinger of the looming crisis?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Gay Marriage rant - it's NOT a state's rights issue!
Why is Detroit Planning a Funeral for Democracy?
The Good, The Bad and the Very Very Fedifragously Ugly!
Babies' Brains Need Music
Walker spends $100 million Taxpayer $$ on recall?
Bashful Tinklers are the Latest Right-Wing Bogeymen
How 18-month-old Riyanna Became a Terrorist
HIgh School Student Suing Over Global Warming
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Full Show 5/10/12: GOP tries to rain on President Obama's coming out party!
The House GOP tries to ruin President Obama's coming out party for marriage equality. Thom gives us his take on Republican efforts to keep the Defense Against Marriage Act intact. Then the Reverend D. Alexander Bullock talked with Thom about efforts in Michigan to stop the Emergency Financial Managers Law. And now that he's facing a recall, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker believes job funding might save his own job. Thom asks Lisa Lindsley from AFSCME about Walker's new concern over his horrible unemployment numbers.
Thom Hartmann on the News - May 10, 2012
Job's, Economy and Europe's Revolt
Thom Vs. Arthur Brooks - Free Enterprise
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Would you like to help give a child with a very troubled background this feeling of peace? Thom and Louise Hartmann founded the New England Salem Children's Village (NESCV) in New Hampshire in 1979. With states delaying payment for the children they entrust to the village, they need help with cash flow. Can you help? Now on Facebook.
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