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"lies, damned lies & statistics"
"drilling will bring good jobs"
High Country News: Fatalities in the Energy Fields 2002-2006
High Country News: It Tolls for Us
High Country News: Disposable Workers of the Oil & Gas Fields
AP: Oil & Gas Worker Deaths Rise
Dallas-Fort Worth Oil Field Accident Attorney
Newsweek: "Nurse Cathy Behr says she won't forget the smell that nearly killed her"
 
"it's financial security for landowners"
How Much Money Is [Really] Down There - for You?
 

"it will bring prosperity to the area"

Headwaters Economics Energy Focusing
PA royalties impact: $81 annual income per capita
You lose more than you gain: 'Economic Trade-offs' pdf  - courtesy of Shaleshock

"natural gas use will slow climate change"

SourceWatch Methane Leakage Factsheet

"natural gas is a cleaner fuel"

Howarth: Gas May Be Worse Than Coal
"DEC will regulate effectively"
DEC & Ground Water Protection Council
Can We Trust the DEC?
DEC Bait & Switch
2005 NYS Comptroller's Audit of the DEC
DEC's Downing Street Memo (7/11/08 Letter to Operators)

"no lasting impact on landscape, wildlife or livestock"

Earthworks Pit Report
ourpubliclands.org - scroll to 'Scientific Studies'
Bill Alldredge: SEIS comments
Valley-Journal: Drilling, Wildlife Often Don't Mix
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"We live in a small town in Arkansas, where they are drilling for gas.
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"WE, the people of this area, were promised economic bliss from the gas companies. Oh, JOBS would be created, and we would become prosperous. Sounded good, as unemployment here is pretty high. Well, the jobs didn't materialize, because workers were imported rather than hiring locally. We have noise, traffic, and pollution - our water is ruined - but no jobs."

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