Fracking coming to Durham

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Almost two months after fracking was legalized in North Carolina, a Pennsylvania company is offering to buy mineral rights from landowners in Durham. And since the company’s agent has not registered with state officials, he could be breaking the law.

Leaders of the Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association, a conservationist nonprofit in Durham, say they recently have received offers from Crimson Holdings Corporation, a company based in Pittsburgh, seeking to buy mineral rights on multiple tracts. The association owns 340 acres and four public nature preserves in Durham.

Crimson Holdings has also approached at least one other landowner near Falls Lake in northeast Durham County, according to documents obtained by the INDY.

http://www.indyweek.com/triangulator/archives/2014/07/22/fracking-company-makes-offers-in-durham

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1. POISON

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2. Yes!

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3. Scan it!

If anyone can get their hands on a copy of one of these leases and post it to scribd it would be really helpful.

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4. It looks like Roy Cooper is putting a stop to this.

The Attorney General’s Office demands that Crimson and Campbell stop doing business in North Carolina, that they cancel any signed leases and supply the office with a list of names of all landowners who have sold drilling rights to the Pennsylvania company.

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/07/29/4037927/attorney-general-warns-company.html#storylink=cpy