Environmental groups have long raised concerns about the health dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. But a new report questions one aspect of fracking that rarely comes under scrutiny: its supposed economic benefit. Read the full story at StateImpact Texas.
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David Spratt
The tens of thousands of people working because of Fracking and getting a good paycheck and health insurance, do not doubt the economic bebefit to them and their families.
As long as this continues there are less people to draw unemployment and fill the welfare rolls.
Maybe that is what really bites ,,,,,, less people dependant on government and making it on their own.
Must really irk Obama that he cannot get all these " Folks" hooked on the drug of welfare.
Christine Lund
When a corporation refuses to disclose the toxic poisons that they use to frac, I say investigate these secretive polluters. It doesn't matter how much money you make off of something so dangerous. The executives won't be living there. What kind of people are so brazen that they think we will allow them to poison our country just for a profit. David Spratt, you want jobs, lets open up windmill factories and create schools for maintaining them. Let's work on desalination plants and hope to keep ahead of the polluters when they destroy all of our fresh water sources.