Fracking Executive Says Rich Neighborhoods Safe from Drill Sites

[eridani]

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/04/22/fracking-executive-says-rich-neighborhoods-safe-drill-sites

An executive from a top shale drilling firm told attendees of a fossil fuels seminar in Pennsylvania earlier this month that fracking companies deliberately avoid setting up shop near the "big houses" of the wealthy, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Two environmental groups, the Sierra Club and the Center for Coalfield Justice, last week sent a letter to the state Office of Environmental Justice to review Range Resources' practices to see if it has indeed avoided rich neighborhoods and targeted low-income areas for shale gas development. Attorneys from both organizations were present at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Environmental Law Forum on April 7.

The comments were made by Terry Bossert, Range's vice president of legislative and regulatory affairs, and were reportedly made off-the-cuff as he was giving a PowerPoint presentation titled "Environmental Issues Facing the Oil and Gas Industry."

[AgerolanAmerican]

1. wealthy people can afford to sue

poor people can't

Justice!

(2016 America style)

[fred v]

2. of course!

We can't have our fine, ruddy-cheeked Caucasian youngsters being exposed to that shit.

[eppur_se_muova]

3. Well, DUH ! That goes without saying.

And you really aren't supposed to say it.