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Impact of Leasing Gas Drilling Rights
July 6, 2008 | Wall Street Journal

An article in the Wall Street Journal explores the impact of landowners cashing in on offers to lease their land for natural gas production. These include: income that can be used to pay off debts or fix up farms, along with possibilities of water depletion or contamination and other environmental concerns.

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