How The Kochs Are Fracking America

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http://thinkprogress.org/green/2012/03/02/436669/how-the-kochs-are-fracking-america/

At the Republic Report, Lee Fang details how the Koch Industries petrochemical empire is involved in the boom in natural gas hydrofracturing. The right-wing Koch brothers have developed a vertical empire designed to extract wealth from every point in the hydrocarbon lifecycle. A small fraction of their profits is funneled into corrupting our political system, in order to prevent government from protecting society against the costs of the waste products.


The October 2011 issue of Discovery, the in-house Koch Industries newsletter, explains how the Koch Industries empire is profiting from the “really exciting” fracking boom:

– 1. Koch Pipeline is partnering with NuStar Energy to develop a dormant pipeline from Pettus, TX to refineries in Corpus Christi. The pipeline will transport natural gas from fracking sites in southern Texas. Koch Pipeline is a Koch Industries subsidiary.

– 2. Flint Hills Resources

– 3. Koch Supply & Trading

– 4. Koch Chemical Technology Group

– 5. John Zink

– 6. Georgia Pacific

– 7. Koch Fertilizer

more at link

[mmonk]

1. You need spell check in your title.

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2. I'm surprised it didn't fix it automatically

maybe we need to talk to Skinner about that

[mmonk]

3. LOL

Maybe we should but maybe it's not in the spell check dictionary.

Great article BTW.

[Thinkingabout]

4. Why did Rush go after a college girl and let the Koch brother pass on this.

Maybe it is time to put the Koch slut list out, all the members of Congress who receive large contributions from the Koch brothers while they screw the tax payers. This is good information, when will faux news report it.

[Petrushka]

5. Thank you for the link! [eom]