I'm saying that the environment issues A are exactly equivalent to the decrease in land value B. The statement I was disagreeing with was stating that A != B w

I'm saying that the environment issues A are exactly equivalent to the decrease in land value B. The statement I was disagreeing with was stating that A != B whereas I was thinking that A == B. But you're correct that in the quote in Puer's comment the article was talking about water contamination and safety issues. To be clear I believe that Mr Tillerson is acting in a self interested hypocritical manner and I hope that the big fracking companies lose a significant portion of their real profits to compensation if it turns out that people's health or land values have been damaged by their activities.