Advocates Decry Tabling of Protect Our Water Fracking Waste Bill

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Commentary: Today (Monday, Feb. 15) New Mexico Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to table SB 86 after Chairman Joseph Cervantes (D-31) unprecedentedly silenced proponents of the bill from giving public comment in committee.

Allowing bill sponsor Senator Sedillo Lopez (D-16) 10 minutes to introduce her legislation and expert witnesses, Senate Judiciary Chairman Cervantes allowed 10 minutes for oil and gas industry lobbyists to present an “expert witness” panel while failing to provide proponents of the bill the same courtesy.

For every barrel of oil produced, industry produces 4-7 times as much toxic fracking waste euphemistically known as “produced water.”  Right now, produced water is leaking, spilling, and exploding daily across New Mexico contaminating land, air, and water.

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