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There's obviously something nefarious going on. Why else would all of these natural gas companies be paying people off and making them sign confidentially agreements?

Side-note: Before today I didn't realize how lax the laws on natural gas companies are. The New York Times has a great graphic on the subject.

"The natural gas industry has exemptions or exclusions from key parts of at least 7 of the 15 major federal environmental laws designed to protect air and water from radioactive and hazardous chemicals. Below are the seven laws listed in the order they were passed."

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/03/us/20110303-na...