Is Associated Press Working for the Fracking Industry?

That's what millions of readers are asking after seeing a piece that asserted:


"The vast Marcellus and Utica shale formations are already paying off in thousands of wells in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, bringing great wealth to landowners and jobs throughout the region."


Actually, the industry has created relatively few jobs in Pennsylvania and many of the jobs that it has created have gone to out of staters, providing little benefit to the people in the regions where fracking is taking p...

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Published on December 11, 2011 09:40
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