Review: When you stand up against Big Oil, you're likely to get slammed down
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2011
This short read is like reliving stories such as Erin Brokovich, China Syndrome, Gasland all over again.  A reclusive rancher in Wyoming discovers his water is contaminated with benzene, a residue that is characteristic of oil and gas drilling. The local oil companies deny this, of course, and all the neighbors deny it as well since their jobs are on the line, but when more such hydrofracked regions pop up in other regions of Wyoming and other states, people begin to listen.This single edition reads like investigative journalism from Vanity Fair.  I read it in two hours.  It's a fast-paced story that starts in 2005 and ends in 2010, with sadly no happy end.  It's hard to dismiss this as liberal bias since there are many other stories like this one repeating themselves across the country.