Several hydraulic fracturing experts noted that no fracking was actually taking place at the rig, and that the camera was not showing emissions, but heat signatures.
"I'm in Colorado visiting communities whose air is being poisoned by fracking. What we're seeing is appalling. Companies are building fracking sites on public lands, across the street from schools + homes. Their toxic emissions are invisible. This camera sees them," the freshman congresswoman wrote.
Included in her tweet was a video of the fracking facility, along with an infrared camera that, she suggested, caught toxins emanating from the site.
Companies are building fracking sites on public lands, across the street from schools + homes.
Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Oilfield Services, examined the video and also confirmed that no fracking was taking place.
"The video is of a drilling rig. There is indeed no fracking going on at that location. They mention volatile organic compounds in the video. I suggest they point their same device at a brewery or bakery to see similar levels of emissions if they do indeed have an highly sensitive camera," Wright said to the DCNF. It was a Democrat who appears to have been the first to point out Ocasio-Cortez's misleading claim.
"Interesting video, but there is no fracking occurring at the site as shown and no way to determine compliance or lack thereof with CO air standards. As Dems, we do ourselves no favors when we ignore science and facts. Happy to discuss energy and the West any time," Mary Throne, a Wyoming Democratic public service commissioner wrote in response to Ocasio-Cortez's tweet.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/23/ocasio-cortez-fracking-claim-colorado/
"I'm in Colorado visiting communities whose air is being poisoned by fracking. What we're seeing is appalling. Companies are building fracking sites on public lands, across the street from schools + homes. Their toxic emissions are invisible. This camera sees them," the freshman congresswoman wrote.
Included in her tweet was a video of the fracking facility, along with an infrared camera that, she suggested, caught toxins emanating from the site.
Companies are building fracking sites on public lands, across the street from schools + homes.
Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Oilfield Services, examined the video and also confirmed that no fracking was taking place.
"The video is of a drilling rig. There is indeed no fracking going on at that location. They mention volatile organic compounds in the video. I suggest they point their same device at a brewery or bakery to see similar levels of emissions if they do indeed have an highly sensitive camera," Wright said to the DCNF. It was a Democrat who appears to have been the first to point out Ocasio-Cortez's misleading claim.
"Interesting video, but there is no fracking occurring at the site as shown and no way to determine compliance or lack thereof with CO air standards. As Dems, we do ourselves no favors when we ignore science and facts. Happy to discuss energy and the West any time," Mary Throne, a Wyoming Democratic public service commissioner wrote in response to Ocasio-Cortez's tweet.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/23/ocasio-cortez-fracking-claim-colorado/
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