Fractured Communities

An Interview with T Boone Pickens

After spending nearly $100 million dollars lobbying Washington and the public, billionaire energy tycoon T Boone Pickens has become one of the country’s most vocal supporters of expanding natural gas drilling in the United States. KDNK’s Ed Williams spoke with T Boone Pickens about the future of natural gas and the problems some Garfield County residents have had with drilling in their area.

(Click on the story for one such resident's response to the interview)

West Divide Creek resident Lisa Bracken's response to interview

Lisa Bracken's property was severely contaminated after the neighboring Schwartz well blew out in 2004. T Boone Pickens addresses her case in the interview.