On Wednesday May 16th, 2012 Governor Peter Shumlin signed H. 464 which outlawed hydraulic fracturing in his state.
The governor failed to mention that he was banning a technology which would never have been utilized because Vermont has no oil and gas reserves. He claimed that “this is a job creator” and had his picture taken with a sign that said, “Don’t Frack Vermont,” while being a governor of a state that produces zero oil and gas, and does not have the potential to produce any.
The 8 442 million cubic feet per year of natural gas consumed by the state is piped in from Canada, a country which has been hydraulically fracturing wells for over 50 years.