Sunday, May 17, 2015

This Billionaire Tried To Get University Scientists Fired For Doing Their Job

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/05/16/3659750/oil-billionaire-fracking-earthquakes/
"Despite a growing body of scientific research connecting oil and gas activity to a dramatic spike in earthquakes across several U.S. states, some industry leaders are fighting this characterization. Harold Hamm, billionaire CEO of Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources, told a dean at the University of Oklahoma last year that he was so displeased by the university’s research on the topic that he wanted certain scientists dismissed, Bloomberg News reported."