I don't think the situation is as bleak as you paint it, Susan. Here's what happened in my adopted hometown. Local groups are forming all over the country and pushing back against the industry and their own governments. The fracking issue has the potential for getting a lot of people involved in the environmental movement who never gave it much thought.
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