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Appalachia

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10. Oh that's just lovely

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 10:54 AM

Jun 2014

I get most of my fracking news from the Athens papers, where the anti-fracking movement has a lot of support. But the system is so corrupt and the payouts/bribes so lucrative, I don't know how even a vigorous citizen's movement can slow down the reckless fracking boom.

I have posted a number of threads to DU on fracking operations in Ohio but that was before the Appalachian Group was formed:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/112750694
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1071853
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1071801
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1071812
http://www.democraticunderground.com/112750977

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