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Fracking and Quaking

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05-19-2015 12:12 PM 		Reply to: Message 32 by ramoss
05-18-2015 10:42 AM

Re: Dismiss those researchers!
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And in other news, a billionaire oil tycoon tried to get scientists at a university who was studying the link between fracking and quacking dismissed.
Freedom of speech often betrays us all...be careful what you write!
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Oil tycoon Harold Hamm told a University of Oklahoma dean last year that he wanted certain scientists there dismissed who were studying links between oil and gas activity and the state's nearly 400-fold increase in earthquakes, according to the dean's e-mail recounting the conversation.
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At least our tycoon was being honest about his feelings on the matter!
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