Today we are joined by Christina Xu of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ExtrACT Group, a co-creator of the Landman Report Card. The Landman Report Card provides tools to learn about landmen and their mineral companies through reading reviews submitted by users. It also allows users to submit their own report cards, contact other users and use the site as their own private diary of interactions with this industry.
In this interview we start by defining a landman, and discuss what options are available to landowners when a landman comes knocking at the door. Also discussed are the environmental effects of gas drilling, the surface restoration requirements, and use of the Landman Report Card as a social organizing strategy.
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Interview with Josh Fox creator of Gasland (via Democracynow)
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