Fracking advocates hit back at Sanders

Published June 1, 2016 9:13pm ET



Western oil and gas producers aren’t taking Sen. Bernie Sanders’ plan to impose a nationwide ban on fracking lying down.

“Stopping fracking would result in an absolute cratering of the oil industry in the United States,” said Kathleen Sgamma, vice president of federal affairs for the Western Energy Alliance, representing oil and natural gas interests in the western part of the country.

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