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Fracking Companies Issue Gag Orders and Buy Victims’ Silence
Posted by EcoWatch: Joshua De Leon on August 5th, 2013
EcoWatch: In further attempts to stifle public awareness of the dangers of fracking, energy companies have been issuing gag orders on families who contract with them. The gag orders cover everyone in the family, including children. Drilling company Range Resources offered $750,000 to a Pennsylvania family to move from their home with one catch: the family, and their kids, were not to say a word.
There have been numerous reports of dangerous pollutants contaminating the land and water supply of families...