Funny how it works. Fracking is the greatest thing in the world except when its in your backyard!! One month from today, the world will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which dumped up to 750,000 barrels of crude oil into Alaskas pristine Prince William Sound. It was the largest spill in US waters until the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. In related news, Rex Tillerson, the CEO of Exxon Mobil Corporation, has joined a lawsuit to stop a 15-story water tower, to be used for fracking, from being built near his 83-acre Texas ranch. Tillerson and his fellow plaintiffs—among then former Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey—argue that the proposed water tower would devalue their properties and adversely impact the rural lifestyle they sought to enjoy. The plaintiffs state their ranches are all worth at least $1 million; Tillersons in particular sounds wonderful, with homes, barns, and a state-of-the-art horse training facility. The lawsuit details the concerns Tillerson and his fellow ranch-owners have about fracking, including the noise, light pollution, and environmental harm they believe it will cause. They assert that the fracking will result in undesirable development not in character with their neighborhood. Oddly, Tillerson was quoted in 2011 criticizing overzealous regulation of the fracking industry. And in 2012, Exxon ran a $2 million series of pro-drilling newspaper and radio ads in New York. And people still think the jury is out on FRACKING. vice/read/exxon-mobils-ceo-is-pro-fracking-unless-its-next-to-his-texas-ranch
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 22:20:49 +0000
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