Natural gas boom creates jobs at a high cost in West Virginia

A natural gas boom in the U.S. is creating much-needed jobs and keeping electricity costs low, but it's come at a high cost for some homeowners in West Virginia. ProPublica's Mayeta Clark was one of the producers of the CBSN Originals documentary "Powerless: The high cost of cheap gas," and she joined CBSN to discuss it.

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[rudai]

Fracking is horrible, for everyone except the energy companies. Horrible.

[TheChudReport]

My momma used to call my rear end a "Natural Gas Boom."

[williamelliott]

Well tje boom will last about 7 years and after the big companies and government has tramples all your rights and land the move on and the job market falls again. This is what happened in North central Texas.

[billymadisonsshampoo]

Is this gas boom causing all these gas explosions you hear about all the time now?

[Michaelthegrape]

Does anyone think the laws should change

Answer:everyone (hopefully...)

[ronniebishop]

West Virginia needs it bad but compensate the home owners. Like my grandkids. Everyone has to sacrifice something for everyone else. I knew the producer wasn’t from America . To smart.

[The_Sofa_King]

WV is going to be the next Oklahoma, earthquakes galore!!!!

[theone]

Want some gas?







I JUST FARTED! 😏

[elizirk]

Do these companies have the mineral rights? If so

[GamerFrom]

a real farmer owns their mineral rights




this is fake news.