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EXCO CEO DOUGLAS MILLER

War in the Forests of Frackland: EXCO Well Pad, Sullivan County, Davidson Township, PA

January 13, 2013

Date: 1.12.13. Location: Elk Grove Road, Davidson Township, Sullivan County, PA. Pennsylvania State Game Lands. Location: EXCO frack drill pad staging area. Please follow these pictures from beginning to end for the story of this particular day in the effort to document the industrialization and destruction of Pennsylvania at the hands of the extraction corporations-in this case EXCO: (3) It is war in the once beautiful forests of frackland The pictures begin with the drive up Elk Grove Road-into Pennsylvania State game lands-pristine forest, spectacular mountain vistas, beautiful wildlife. The road is muddy and slippery and being prepared for the legions of rigs that will scale up this mountain. One of the most important themes in these is the destruction of the soil-mud and soil that, eroded, churned over, heaped up […]

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Bait You, Gut You, Eat You While You’re Still Alive: The Landmen Energy in Death Will Do Anything to Get To Your Farmhouse Door

January 11, 2013

What’s most striking about Energy in Death’s Joe Massaro’s latest hit-piece, Corbett’s Corner Hears From Local Natural Gas Fractivists | Energy In Depth – Northeast Marcellus Initiative is that he writes as if he’s all ready for the backlash his patently absurd essay would naturally receive—but he knows he’ll have to deal with no such thing. That must be a hell of a confidence builder! He’s got all the moxie of a guy who thinks he’s scored big. The problem is that he rigged the game. Fact is, at EID-Marcellus it’s only the comments that make their field reporters look good that get posted. EID is kind of like the sycophant who surrounds himself with paid pattootee-smoochers to tell him how handsome he is even though he’s come to resemble a […]

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Fake “Community” Meeting: EXCO Lookin’ for Some Love-Money

January 9, 2013

*POST ALSO INCLUDES UPDATES AS THIS STORY OF THE ABUSE OF PUBLIC SPACE AND TAX DOLLARS UNFOLDS. The more I think about this meeting, the angrier it makes me. Here’s why: The meeting was specifically advertised at Marcellus Drilling News as a “Community Meeting.” Here’s the full announcement: 2013-01-08 EXCO & Sullivan County Energy Task Force Meeting – Laporte, PA Bookmark January 8, 2013 (Tue) 7:00 pm DCNR State Forest HQ Route 220, Laporte, PA SULLIVAN COUNTY ENERGY TASK FORCE MEETING WITH EXCO An opportunity will be available for EXCO Resource lessors and SC Energy Task Force attendees to hear a presentation from representatives of EXCO Resources. As you may know, EXCO has purchased much of Chief O&G LLC holdings in Sullivan County.. Presentation will include but not be limited […]

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