W T actual F? A gas company is attempting to use a half-century old Pennsylvania law to frack underneath the land of property owners who refuse to allow the controversial practice on their land, yet a majority of Pennsylvanians may be unaware as two of the states top three newspapers have failed to mention the contentious issue. Hilcorp Energy, a Texas-based oil and gas company, is pushing legal action in Pennsylvania to be able to drill underneath the property of landowners that have refused to sign a lease if enough of their neighbors have already signed, a practice known as forced pooling. The unused and outdated law, which is pitting neighbor against neighbor as reported by the Associated Press, would shred private property rights according to the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, the only of the three highest circulating papers in Pennsylvania to cover the story. The other two, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, have completely overlooked the issue which has received national attention. The forced pooling law would force landowners to allow the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to extract natural gas reserves underneath their property without their consent, creating concerns about the impact on property values and the threat of water pollution. A leaked document from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stated that natural gas extraction has caused methane to leak into domestic water wells, causing significant damage to the drinking water supply of the town. mediamatters.org/blog/2014/04/14/top-pa-papers-ignore-fracking-law-that-shreds-p/198852
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 01:33:05 +0000
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