Thursday, March 22, 2012

Greg Palast: US Drops Plan For Extensive Review Of Fracking Natural Gas Extraction

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Aubrey McClendon, America's second-largest producer of natural gas, has never been afraid of a fight. He has become a billionaire by directing his company, Chesapeake Energy, to blast apart gas-soaked rocks a mile underground and pump the fuel to the surface. "We're the biggest frackers in the world," he declares proudly over a $400 bottle of French Bordeaux at a restaurant he co-owns in his hometown of Oklahoma City. "We frack all the time. What's the big deal?"

Read more: The Big Fracking Bubble: The Scam Behind the Gas Boom
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownMarch 24, 2012 at 8:24 AM

    Well, that's what "small government" and "deregulation" gets you: no oversight for people poisoning our country.

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    1. NickMarch 24, 2012 at 11:28 AM

      No, that's what statist crony capitalism gets us.

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    2. UnknownMarch 24, 2012 at 4:28 PM

      Crony capitalism has nothing to do with it.

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    3. NickMarch 25, 2012 at 8:52 AM

      You have absolutely no idea what state capitalism is, do you? Or you're just equivocating again.

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