What the Frack? Natural Gas from Subterranean Shale Promises U.S. Energy Independence--With Environmental Costs [Slide Show]: Scientific American

What the Frack? Natural Gas from Subterranean Shale Promises U.S. Energy Independence--With Environmental Costs [Slide Show]: Scientific American: "Ultimately, however, shale gas extraction—and the hydraulic fracturing that goes with it—will have to be done right. 'If something comes out that you're poisoning the population, it's going to be a very bad thing,' Ireland notes.

The EPA anticipates finishing its latest study of the practice by 2012. 'Six months ago, nobody knew that facilities like this would be spewing benzene,' Tillman notes. 'Someone could come in here and look at us and say, 'You know what? They've sacrificed you. You've been sacrificed for the good of the shale.''"