"Fracking Fracas: Sanders Attacks Clinton on Environment"

"The environmental policy debate between Democratic contenders Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton could soon become much more heated.

Leading up to Super Tuesday, a slew of contests that could make or break Bernie Sanders’s candidacy, the Vermont senator has gone on the offensive on the surprising issue of fracking—the controversial method of drilling for natural gas. The campaign last week made several media buys in Minnesota and Colorado for a new ad that touts Sanders as the only candidate who firmly opposes fracking.

The fracking ads look like a last-ditch effort by Sanders, who was badly beaten by Clinton in the recent South Carolina primary, to differentiate himself from the former secretary of state. The ads tout Sanders as “the only candidate to oppose fracking.”"

Justin Miller reports for the American Prospect March 1, 2016.

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