Fracking issue in spotlight once again

Fracking issue in spotlight once again by Derek Clouthier, November 30, 2011, Cochrane Eagle
“We found the open house extremely disturbing,” said POWERS coordinator Patty Pickup, who emphasized the importance of a set of 40 questions her group submitted to several oil and gas companies nearly eight months ago. “It’s all about those 40 questions. We did (it) to better understand (if) we were in a clear and present danger…and yes we were.…Until hours before the open house, we had received not one answer. We were completely ignored.” Disturbed by the lack of response, Pickup again pleaded for answers during the open house, to which she feels she was met with aggression. “There was an empty chair in front of me, she came up,” explained Pickup, referring to a consultant representing LIPG, “in public, in front of everybody and slammed down a brown envelope and said, ‘now you have them.’ I was shocked.” [Emphasis added]