The more I read, the more I understand that the arena in which we need to engage is political..The dailykos blog post below is a very well-documented story of a guy in Texas who is being hounded by the fracking company and the State of Texas because he has claimed (apparently with clear justification) that the fracking process has contaminated his water. The fracking company has filed a $3 million defamation suit against the guy with the apparent complicity of the Texas courts and the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
As much of a horror story as this is, it makes it clear that the path to managing fracking in the Beartooths is through the Montana State Legislature. Unlike Texas, they are going to have to institute controls with bear teeth to control environmental, economic and social implementation of new drilling.
Looking forward to hearing what Big Jane learns at the NPRC meeting this weekend.
Here‘s the blog post. An interesting and disturbing read. If you don’t have time to read it, check out the video of this guy (the one sued by the energy company for defamation) lighting his water on fire.
Preserve the Beartooth Front 