{"id":23853,"date":"2014-03-28T14:58:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T14:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/?p=328447"},"modified":"2014-03-28T14:58:57","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T14:58:57","slug":"jon-stewart-highlights-earthquakes-chevrons-pizza-and-other-benefits-of-fracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/jon-stewart-highlights-earthquakes-chevrons-pizza-and-other-benefits-of-fracking\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Stewart Highlights Earthquakes, Chevron\u2019s Pizza and Other \u2018Benefits\u2019 of Fracking"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Examining the pure lunacy within the excuses of pro-fracking<\/a> companies, politicians and advocates is the only way the practice’s well-documented dangers<\/a> could possibly make for a laughing matter. <\/p>\n

Naturally, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart<\/em> took advantage of this last night with a five-minute, satirical report on the “Benefits of Fracking.” Of course, those benefits included the pizza coupons Chevron “awarded” to residents near the Dunkard, PA drilling explosion site<\/a> earlier this year. Those type of gestures—along with the nosebleeds, dirty air and lack of clean water<\/a>—surely must have led to Energy Makes America Great<\/a> Executive Director Marita Noon telling Aasif Mandvi that fracking companies care and are “quite good at self-regulating or policing themselves.”<\/p>\n

Mandvi goes on to use a collage of news clips to chronicle a few “teeny, tiny snafus” like the fracking-related earthquakes, explosions and drilling accidents that have ravaged various areas of the country in recent years. Clearly, Stewart and Mandvi get it. We’re not so sure about Noon.<\/p>\n

 Check out the clip below:<\/p>\n

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