Rolling Stone-
The Big Fracking Bubble: The Scam behind the gas boom.
It’s not only toxic – it’s driven by a right-wing billionaire who profits more from flipping land than drilling for gas.
Aubrey McClendon, America's second-largest producer of natural gas, has never been afraid of a fight. He has become a billionaire by directing his company, Chesapeake Energy, to blast apart gas-soaked rocks a mile underground and pump the fuel to the surface. "We're the biggest frackers in the world," he declares proudly over a $400 bottle of French Bordeaux at a restaurant he co-owns in his hometown of Oklahoma City. "We frack all the time. What's the big deal?"
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