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Let s raise a glass of Drano to Chesapeake Energy s Aubrey McClendon!
This past Sunday, Aubrey McClendon, CEO of Chesapeake Energy, was interviewed on CBS 60 Minutes.
Although he defended natural gas extraction, he also acknowledged that hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) a process that facilities the extraction of natural gas from over 90% of wells drilled in the United States injects the equivalent of Drano through the water table groundwater that provides drinking water for much of America.
Finally, a major energy industry CEO is admitting the truth that fracking chemicals are toxic, like Drano.
Tagged with: fracking, natural gas, chesapeake, fracturing, gas, drano
What President Obama should have said about natural gas.
In the aftermath of the election this week, President Obama made remarks that struck fear in the hearts of communities facing natural gas extraction in their backyards.
"We've got, I think, broad agreement that we've got terrific natural gas resources in this country. Are we doing everything we can to develop those?" was the question President Obama asked.
The question he SHOULD have been asking is (find out after the jump):
Tagged with: fracking, hydraulic fracturing, pavillion, obama, halliburton, dimock
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