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In tax revenue. >> well the facts tell a different story. in the past decade more than 250 gallons of water have become drilling waste. at least 360,000 acres of land have been directly damaged and about 450,000 tons of air pollution has been created per year. lots to talk about. i'm joined tonight by robert kennedy jr., president of the water keeper alliance and athan manuel and also nicholas lorris. why is fracking good if it uses so much water and it destroys to lands? i've got so many questions for you, but we'll start there. >> water is used for a lot of

Protected. we now know -- but they the way, people think of federal lands as vast open spaces but many of these are native american communities close by and there is no setbacks. even states like wyoming and pennsylvania are requiring the disclosure of fracking chemicals. these new laws do not require the disclosure of fracking chemicals. >> mr. manuel where has been the damage to the public lands? what's the problem here? >> like you said this is a very dirty and dangerous way to get oil and gas out of the ground. it uses thousands of gallons of water. it has impacted hundreds of thousands of...