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Home > Press Releases > fracking > U.S. Oil and Gas Corporations Should Not Determine Foreign Energy Solutions
February 7th, 2012

U.S. Oil and Gas Corporations Should Not Determine Foreign Energy Solutions

Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter

Washington, D.C.—“U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s encouragement of Bulgarian officials to develop the nation’s energy resources was sound advice, but advocating that the country pursue fracking was unconscionable. Shale gas has no place in Bulgaria’s sustainable energy portfolio, especially because the Bulgarian Parliament recently voted 166 to six to suspend shale gas exploration. Secretary of State Clinton should respect the outcomes of Bulgaria’s democratic processes, even when they go against the interests of American oil and gas companies.

“U.S. oil and gas corporations such as Chevron should not determine the energy policies of our foreign allies. Shale gas has been linked to numerous public health and environmental problems, and now a global movement is underfoot to ban shale gas altogether.

“Secretary of State Clinton should accept the meaning of the word ‘no’ and the fact that Bulgarians have already rejected shale gas, rather than grease the wheels for U.S.-based corporations to profit from the energy conundrums of our allies. Like Americans, the good people of Bulgaria need a clean, green, portfolio of renewable energy options, not one that contaminates water supplies and causes a mess of health problems.”

Contact: Kate Fried, Food & Water Watch, (202) 683-2500, kfried(at)fwwatch(dot)org.

Food & Water Watch works to ensure the food, water and fish we consume is safe, accessible and sustainable. So we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of where their food comes from, keep clean, affordable, public tap water flowing freely to our homes, protect the environmental quality of oceans, force government to do its job protecting citizens, and educate about the importance of keeping shared resources under public control.
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