Fracking in Pennsylvania: Be afraid. Be very afraid.

 As per the Sierra Club, some of Pennsylvania's fracking activities violate federal laws.  And this week's This American Life covered the issue of fracking in Pennsylvania, provided an excoriating look at how a) Fracking is going to poison us all; b) Gov. Tom Corbett is going to let us be poisoned, because he refuses to regulate this dangerous practice; and c) Drilling companies are throwing money at townships so that nobody will complain about their being poisoned.  And hazardous build-ups of methane gas (causing an explosion and forcing evacuations in places) in 35 drilling sites is attributed to faulty drilling practices. (PoconoRecord).