Exxon CEO joins lawsuit fighting to stop fracking:

[Skjellyfetti]

Rex Tillerson, chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp., is a big fan of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas, unless it's potentially undermining the property value of his Texas ranch.

Tillerson and some of his neighbors -- including former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) -- filed a lawsuit last year against a suburban Dallas water utility to stop construction of a 160-foot water tower, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

The partially built "monstrosity," as the lawsuit calls it, is adjacent to both Tillerson's Bar RR Ranch and Armey's property. The suit alleges that the water tower is diminishing neighbors' property values and "causing unreasonable discomfort and annoyance to persons of ordinary sensibilities."

Tucked into the complaint are also concerns that the Bartonville Water Supply Corp. will sell some of the stored water to energy companies for hydraulic fracturing -- also known as fracking -- and hauling the water away will create a "noise nuisance and traffic hazards."

A lawyer representing the ExxonMobil CEO told the Journal that Tillerson himself hasn't shared any explicit worries about traffic from fracking companies, but is more concerned about property values.

Fracking is a technique for extracting oil and natural gas from shale formations. Large quantities of water, along with sand and chemical blends, are pumped underground to fracture rock formations and stimulate the release of hydrocarbons. A 2012 University of Texas study estimated that shale gas production around Dallas represents about 9 percent of the city's annual water use. Another recent UT study found that Texas actually saves water by extracting natural gas and using it for power generation instead of coal.

The state, which experienced its worst single-year drought ever in 2011, is expected to face even greater water stress in future decades thanks to climate change and a growing population.

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[Chizzang]

Yeah... everybody loves fracking until it's on their property
We already had this conversation

This article demonstrates the enthusiasm Republican Oil Men have for their own business
Particularly when its in their own back yard

I'll be waiting for the CS.com Conservatives to line up and call these guys pussies and hypocrites

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

He is a pussy and a hypocrite.

With the money that guy has he could move and buy some great land in Michigan or Delaware.

[HI54UNI]

Holy thread title stretch batman!

[houndawg]

I'm ready to change my opposition to fracking when sock tuckers like this drink a quart of their fracking water every day for a month..

[houndawg]

He is a pussy and a hypocrite.

With the money that guy has he could move and buy some great land in Michigan or Delaware.

His back yard is probably larger than delaware.

[houndawg]

Rex Tillerson, chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp., is a big fan of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas, unless it's potentially undermining the property value of his Texas ranch.

Tillerson and some of his neighbors -- including former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) -- filed a lawsuit last year against a suburban Dallas water utility to stop construction of a 160-foot water tower, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

The partially built "monstrosity," as the lawsuit calls it, is adjacent to both Tillerson's Bar RR Ranch and Armey's property. The suit alleges that the water tower is diminishing neighbors' property values and "causing unreasonable discomfort and annoyance to persons of ordinary sensibilities."

Tucked into the complaint are also concerns that the Bartonville Water Supply Corp. will sell some of the stored water to energy companies for hydraulic fracturing -- also known as fracking -- and hauling the water away will create a "noise nuisance and traffic hazards."

A lawyer representing the ExxonMobil CEO told the Journal that Tillerson himself hasn't shared any explicit worries about traffic from fracking companies, but is more concerned about property values.

Fracking is a technique for extracting oil and natural gas from shale formations. Large quantities of water, along with sand and chemical blends, are pumped underground to fracture rock formations and stimulate the release of hydrocarbons. A 2012 University of Texas study estimated that shale gas production around Dallas represents about 9 percent of the city's annual water use. Another recent UT study found that Texas actually saves water by extracting natural gas and using it for power generation instead of coal.

The state, which experienced its worst single-year drought ever in 2011, is expected to face even greater water stress in future decades thanks to climate change and a growing population.

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I'd like to see him win just to see the flood of lawsuits.

[Baldy]

Rex Tillerson, chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp., is a big fan of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas, unless it's potentially undermining the property value of his Texas ranch.

Tillerson and some of his neighbors -- including former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) -- filed a lawsuit last year against a suburban Dallas water utility to stop construction of a 160-foot water tower, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

The partially built "monstrosity," as the lawsuit calls it, is adjacent to both Tillerson's Bar RR Ranch and Armey's property. The suit alleges that the water tower is diminishing neighbors' property values and "causing unreasonable discomfort and annoyance to persons of ordinary sensibilities."

Tucked into the complaint are also concerns that the Bartonville Water Supply Corp. will sell some of the stored water to energy companies for hydraulic fracturing -- also known as fracking -- and hauling the water away will create a "noise nuisance and traffic hazards."

A lawyer representing the ExxonMobil CEO told the Journal that Tillerson himself hasn't shared any explicit worries about traffic from fracking companies, but is more concerned about property values.

Fracking is a technique for extracting oil and natural gas from shale formations. Large quantities of water, along with sand and chemical blends, are pumped underground to fracture rock formations and stimulate the release of hydrocarbons. A 2012 University of Texas study estimated that shale gas production around Dallas represents about 9 percent of the city's annual water use. Another recent UT study found that Texas actually saves water by extracting natural gas and using it for power generation instead of coal.

The state, which experienced its worst single-year drought ever in 2011, is expected to face even greater water stress in future decades thanks to climate change and a growing population.

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Lemme get this straight...
Exxon guy is suing because someone is putting a water tower next to his property claiming it will hurt his property values (these types of lawsuits are stupid).
However, just because some of that water MIGHT be used for fracking, the HuffPoop makes the Herculean stretch insinuating that he is actually suing because he doesn't want fracking in his back yard?

I don't expect anything better from Huffington and Puffington, but to actually believe this shit and then run with the story takes a very special kind of stupid. Congrats felchingboy, Chizz, and houndawg.

[JohnStOnge]

Yeah... everybody loves fracking until it's on their property
We already had this conversation

This article demonstrates the enthusiasm Republican Oil Men have for their own business
Particularly when its in their own back yard

I'll be waiting for the CS.com Conservatives to line up and call these guys pussies and hypocrites

I dunno. To me it doesn't look like they're opposed to fracking. They just don't want the water tower. Fracking only comes in because they talk about the business of hauling water away.

I think either of them would love fracking on property they own if they were getting royalties on it. I don't think it's hypocrisy at all.

It's like I've got no issue with the concept of building petrochemical refineries. We need them. But I wouldn't be happy if someone was going to build one right behind my house. Unless they did something like they did with one of my friends' in laws where they bought his house and land for way more than it was worth just so there wouldn't be any complaints.

[houndawg]

The lying sack of shit doesn't want his cattle poisoned.

[Skjellyfetti]

Lemme get this straight...
Exxon guy is suing because someone is putting a water tower next to his property claiming it will hurt his property values (these types of lawsuits are stupid).
However, just because some of that water MIGHT be used for fracking, the HuffPoop makes the Herculean stretch insinuating that he is actually suing because he doesn't want fracking in his back yard?

I don't expect anything better from Huffington and Puffington, but to actually believe this shit and then run with the story takes a very special kind of stupid. Congrats felchingboy, Chizz, and houndawg.

It's actually a Wall Street Journal story - not exactly left wing - but, it was behind a paywall so I linked to the huffington post summary.

"Exxon CEO Joins Suit Citing Fracking Concerns"
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[Baldy]

Lemme get this straight...
Exxon guy is suing because someone is putting a water tower next to his property claiming it will hurt his property values (these types of lawsuits are stupid).
However, just because some of that water MIGHT be used for fracking, the HuffPoop makes the Herculean stretch insinuating that he is actually suing because he doesn't want fracking in his back yard?

I don't expect anything better from Huffington and Puffington, but to actually believe this shit and then run with the story takes a very special kind of stupid. Congrats felchingboy, Chizz, and houndawg.

It's actually a Wall Street Journal story - not exactly left wing - but, it was behind a paywall so I linked to the huffington post summary.

"Exxon CEO Joins Suit Citing Fracking Concerns"
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1 ... 03804.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You should know it's a bad idea to take anything from HuffPoop without reading the source.

In the WSJ story Tillerson's attorney specifically stated that his client didn't have any concerns over the so-called "fracking realated" traffic (which has nothing to do with fracking itself). His only concerns were over the property values. Of course, Huffy didn't mention that little nugget at all.

If you want to laugh at some real, non manufactured hypocrisy, just look at RFK Jr. and Dead Uncle Teddy's lawsuits over the Cape Wind project. Pure hypocrite Gold...

[kalm]

It's actually a Wall Street Journal story - not exactly left wing - but, it was behind a paywall so I linked to the huffington post summary.

"Exxon CEO Joins Suit Citing Fracking Concerns"
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1 ... 03804.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You should know it's a bad idea to take anything from HuffPoop without reading the source.

In the WSJ story Tillerson's attorney specifically stated that his client didn't have any concerns over the so-called "fracking realated" traffic (which has nothing to do with fracking itself). His only concerns were over the property values. Of course, Huffy didn't mention that little nugget at all.

If you want to laugh at some real, non manufactured hypocrisy, just look at RFK Jr. and Dead Uncle Teddy's lawsuits over the Cape Wind project. Pure hypocrite Gold...

That's the first thing I thought of.

Headline should have read:

"Exxon CEO Joins Kennedy's in Fight Against Progress"

[CID1990]

It's actually a Wall Street Journal story - not exactly left wing - but, it was behind a paywall so I linked to the huffington post summary.

"Exxon CEO Joins Suit Citing Fracking Concerns"
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1 ... 03804.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You should know it's a bad idea to take anything from HuffPoop without reading the source.

In the WSJ story Tillerson's attorney specifically stated that his client didn't have any concerns over the so-called "fracking realated" traffic (which has nothing to do with fracking itself). His only concerns were over the property values. Of course, Huffy didn't mention that little nugget at all.

If you want to laugh at some real, non manufactured hypocrisy, just look at RFK Jr. and Dead Uncle Teddy's lawsuits over the Cape Wind project. Pure hypocrite Gold...

This is pretty much /thread

[Skjellyfetti]

You should know it's a bad idea to take anything from HuffPoop without reading the source.

In the WSJ story Tillerson's attorney specifically stated that his client didn't have any concerns over the so-called "fracking realated" traffic (which has nothing to do with fracking itself). His only concerns were over the property values. Of course, Huffy didn't mention that little nugget at all.

Huffington Post summary DID mention that.

A lawyer representing the ExxonMobil CEO told the Journal that Tillerson himself hasn't shared any explicit worries about traffic from fracking companies, but is more concerned about property values.

And, the dude's lawyer... really?... after babbling so much about bad or biased sources... you think the dude's lawyer is without bias?

Regardless of what his lawyer says -- he is part of a lawsuit, part of which sites concerns with the consequences of fracking.

[houndawg]

You should know it's a bad idea to take anything from HuffPoop without reading the source.

In the WSJ story Tillerson's attorney specifically stated that his client didn't have any concerns over the so-called "fracking realated" traffic (which has nothing to do with fracking itself). His only concerns were over the property values. Of course, Huffy didn't mention that little nugget at all.

Huffington Post summary DID mention that.

A lawyer representing the ExxonMobil CEO told the Journal that Tillerson himself hasn't shared any explicit worries about traffic from fracking companies, but is more concerned about property values.

And, the dude's lawyer... really?... after babbling so much about bad or biased sources... you think the dude's lawyer is without bias?

Regardless of what his lawyer says -- he is part of a lawsuit, part of which sites concerns with the consequences of fracking.

Baldy is like those wind up gag-gift false teeth that clatter and jump around.

[HI54UNI]

You should know it's a bad idea to take anything from HuffPoop without reading the source.

In the WSJ story Tillerson's attorney specifically stated that his client didn't have any concerns over the so-called "fracking realated" traffic (which has nothing to do with fracking itself). His only concerns were over the property values. Of course, Huffy didn't mention that little nugget at all.

Huffington Post summary DID mention that.

A lawyer representing the ExxonMobil CEO told the Journal that Tillerson himself hasn't shared any explicit worries about traffic from fracking companies, but is more concerned about property values.

And, the dude's lawyer... really?... after babbling so much about bad or biased sources... you think the dude's lawyer is without bias?

Regardless of what his lawyer says -- he is part of a lawsuit, part of which sites concerns with the consequences of fracking.

Lawsuit has nothing to do with stopping fracking as your thread title alleges. Throw in the towel. It's over.

[Baldy]

You should know it's a bad idea to take anything from HuffPoop without reading the source.

In the WSJ story Tillerson's attorney specifically stated that his client didn't have any concerns over the so-called "fracking realated" traffic (which has nothing to do with fracking itself). His only concerns were over the property values. Of course, Huffy didn't mention that little nugget at all.

Huffington Post summary DID mention that.

A lawyer representing the ExxonMobil CEO told the Journal that Tillerson himself hasn't shared any explicit worries about traffic from fracking companies, but is more concerned about property values.

And, the dude's lawyer... really?... after babbling so much about bad or biased sources... you think the dude's lawyer is without bias?

Regardless of what his lawyer says -- he is part of a lawsuit, part of which sites concerns with the consequences of fracking.

I actually read both stories, Ace. It's all about the context.

It's just not his lawyer. Again, read the WSJ article. It's pretty explicit. It goes into pretty good detail concerning property rights, zoning ordinances, and promises not kept.

You and your HuffPoop buddy need to learn the definition of "consequences". If Tillerson was worried about the actual consequences from fracking, he would have sued long before now since there have been no less than 9 active fracking operations less than 1 mile from his home since 2007.

The other parties of the lawsuit are complaining about the noise from trucking water to the fracking site. That is part of the preparation process. The "consequences" are results from fracking, and that isn't mentioned anywhere in the lawsuit.

[Baldy]

Huffington Post summary DID mention that.



And, the dude's lawyer... really?... after babbling so much about bad or biased sources... you think the dude's lawyer is without bias?

Regardless of what his lawyer says -- he is part of a lawsuit, part of which sites concerns with the consequences of fracking.

Baldy is like those wind up gag-gift false teeth that clatter and jump around.

Old...tired...overused analogies.

Someone has their Depends in a bunch today.

[houndawg]

Huffington Post summary DID mention that.



And, the dude's lawyer... really?... after babbling so much about bad or biased sources... you think the dude's lawyer is without bias?

Regardless of what his lawyer says -- he is part of a lawsuit, part of which sites concerns with the consequences of fracking.

I actually read both stories, Ace. It's all about the context.

It's just not his lawyer. Again, read the WSJ article. It's pretty explicit. It goes into pretty good detail concerning property rights, zoning ordinances, and promises not kept.

You and your HuffPoop buddy need to learn the definition of "consequences". If Tillerson was worried about the actual consequences from fracking, he would have sued long before now since there have been no less than 9 active fracking operations less than 1 mile from his home since 2007.

The other parties of the lawsuit are complaining about the noise from trucking water to the fracking site. That is part of the preparation process. The "consequences" are results from fracking, and that isn't mentioned anywhere in the lawsuit.

Of course they are, he can't say fracking is poisonous out loud. Simple case of NIMBY. If he wins the good guys will be able to tie the bad guys up in court for a long time.

Isn't that wonderful, Ballsack?

[Baldy]

I actually read both stories, Ace. It's all about the context.

It's just not his lawyer. Again, read the WSJ article. It's pretty explicit. It goes into pretty good detail concerning property rights, zoning ordinances, and promises not kept.

You and your HuffPoop buddy need to learn the definition of "consequences". If Tillerson was worried about the actual consequences from fracking, he would have sued long before now since there have been no less than 9 active fracking operations less than 1 mile from his home since 2007.

The other parties of the lawsuit are complaining about the noise from trucking water to the fracking site. That is part of the preparation process. The "consequences" are results from fracking, and that isn't mentioned anywhere in the lawsuit.

Of course they are, he can't say fracking is poisonous out loud. Simple case of NIMBY. If he wins the good guys will be able to tie the bad guys up in court for a long time.

Isn't that wonderful, Ballsack?

What part of, "9 active fracking operations less than 1 mile from his home since 2007" did you not understand?

[houndawg]

Of course they are, he can't say fracking is poisonous out loud. Simple case of NIMBY. If he wins the good guys will be able to tie the bad guys up in court for a long time.

Isn't that wonderful, Ballsack?

What part of, "9 active fracking operations less than 1 mile from his home since 2007" did you not understand?

what part of thousands of lawsuits and years in court if he wins went over your head?

[Baldy]

What part of, "9 active fracking operations less than 1 mile from his home since 2007" did you not understand?

what part of thousands of lawsuits and years in court if he wins went over your head?

Wishful thinking on your part.

[houndawg]

what part of thousands of lawsuits and years in court if he wins went over your head?

Wishful thinking on your part.

I don't think so, ballsack, if he wins his there will be challenges from every homeowner in the nation who has one of these rigs setting up shop by his house. Probably go class action. I'll bet there are already lawyers ordering boats in anticipation.

[Baldy]

Wishful thinking on your part.

I don't think so, ballsack, if he wins his there will be challenges from every homeowner in the nation who has one of these rigs setting up shop by his house. Probably go class action. I'll bet there are already lawyers ordering boats in anticipation.

Yeah, because a lawsuit about a water tower being built on property that was zoned for residential use has got all the lawyers all juiced up about an anti-fracking lawsuit.

Good luck with that one.