More recently, according to the Wall Street Journal, Chesapeake's chief
executive, Aubrey McClendon, has been touring the country alongside the
Sierra Club's Carl Pope trumpeting the benefits of natural gas. Its biggest
selling point is that it burns cleaner than coal and oil, though the impact
of extracting it from deep shale formations is highly controversial. It also
requires the use of large amounts of diesel fuel to keep compressors and
other machinery operating 24/7. Responding to criticism from local
affiliates, particularly in New York and Pennsylvania, Pope asked, "Will the
20% of the membership that
happens to live in places where drilling is
happening be unhappy? I'm sure that's true." So much for grassroots
organizing.
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