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In areas with heavy fracking (e.g. northern Pennsylvania around Dimock) there are trucks from companies like GeoKinetics and Halliburton everywhere and they are

In areas with heavy fracking (e.g. northern Pennsylvania around Dimock) there are trucks from companies like GeoKinetics and Halliburton everywhere and they are purposely trying to create mini earthquakes to get access to the shale. It is pretty common knowledge that there have been more tremors and seismic activity since fracking started. As far as damage reports go, the gas companies (and I assume also the oil companies) ensure every settlement includes a nondisclosure agreement so that no one can talk about the damage if they want money. This is why so many homes no longer have safe drinking water, many people have fallen ill from cancers and similar ailments, and yet there is almost no reporting on it. Source: I ran a site for a while where people posted images and stories of how natural gas drilling had ruined their lives or caused environmental harm. We would try to get as much info from people as we could before they signed the NDAs for the settlement money and never talked about it again

mrgordon 9y ago
Ah looks like the lobbyists came to share some downvotes for information they didn’t like (or maybe a normal user from oil country?) I can’t imagine why someone would downvote factual information that adds to the discussion. The downvote option wasn’t added so people could hide comments they disagree with. I’ve personally met dozens of people who’ve signed NDAs with natural gas companies but live in denial if you insist.
- pickledpeppers 9y ago
  Original downvotes possibly because your source is your interpretation of information collected from laypeople who were about to take money for silence. That's not strong evidence. Further downvotes likely because your tone is defensive and you throw around wild accusations. In other words, you presented weak evidence then violated community norms in responding. However, I would love to check out your site, to see if there's useful information regarding this thread on it. Can you share a URL?

mrgordon 9y ago

Ah looks like the lobbyists came to share some downvotes for information they didn’t like (or maybe a normal user from oil country?) I can’t imagine why someone would downvote factual information that adds to the discussion. The downvote option wasn’t added so people could hide comments they disagree with. I’ve personally met dozens of people who’ve signed NDAs with natural gas companies but live in denial if you insist.

pickledpeppers 9y ago
Original downvotes possibly because your source is your interpretation of information collected from laypeople who were about to take money for silence. That's not strong evidence. Further downvotes likely because your tone is defensive and you throw around wild accusations. In other words, you presented weak evidence then violated community norms in responding. However, I would love to check out your site, to see if there's useful information regarding this thread on it. Can you share a URL?