How fracking companies exploit Amish farmers

Grist: It`s no secret that fracking companies engage in some shady behavior. But a report in The New Republic reveals just how low they`ll sink in the rush to exploit natural gas: Energy companies in eastern Ohio - home to the world`s largest Amish population and billions of dollars worth of oil and gas reserves - have been convincing Amish farmers to sign away drilling rights to their land for far less than they`re worth, knowing that because their religious tradition frowns on lawsuits, the landowners......

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