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Permalink Reply by Pamela Jones on August 6, 2008 at 0:29

Thanks for posting the NPR story. Clearly Chesapeke has mastered the art of "purchasing" the media. That's why forums such as this are so important.

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Permalink Reply by sesport on August 6, 2008 at 3:58

parker - Thanks for sharing that. It's a good one to print & share. The more people there are researching & posting articles like this, the better informed the Shalers will be and hopefully make intelligent choices.

It's obvious the O&G's won't do the balancing act for us, we've got to do it for ourselves. I haven't lived & invested in my property for 20 yrs. to watch it become an industrial wasteland and be devalued.

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Permalink Reply by Bobi Carr ("parker") on August 6, 2008 at 4:43

I have to say, this story was not one of the best presented on NPR. But I love to listen to "All things considered". I always feel like I need to defend myself for listening though.

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Permalink Reply by SBossierGuy on August 6, 2008 at 5:51

I imagine when the first rig that is erected on the Red River National Wildlife Refuge, NPR will be there.

I am not sure how Petrohawk got the mineral rights to the RRNWR without going through the Bureau of Land Management, but that is another discussion for another thread.

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Permalink Reply by KT on August 6, 2008 at 9:36

Industry is good, whistle-blowers are bad. Don't pay any attention to the man behind the curtain - even if he is the Wizard of Oz. If you don't believe there will be waste barrels/trucks emptied into the ground and covered over with dirt then you live in a dream world. It is much more cost-effective to dump than dispose of properly. It isn't Chesapeake or EnCana or Petrohawk that will do it. It will be they guy driving the truck, the guy left to clean up the site, the little guy you don't suspect. He may or may not be told to do it. But he will do it. And this is a big play. Huge. If you and I don't watch them closely what happens will go unseen and unreported. And their profits will be enormous. Hold them accountable. Just thinking here. See you in the funny papers.

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