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>> so one of the things that i find amazing about the fracking explosion, if you go, you travel through the country, you go to places and town halls, it's one of the most controversial issues in the country on the ground, whether you're in colorado or upstate new york or you're in pennsylvania. in washington, it's not controversial. in washington, it seems like there's a huge consensus we need to extract as much as we can. this technology is great. it unleashes all this natural gas. that's good for the climate. that's good for american energy independence. is there just a consensus in washingt...

Worst. that it's actually worse than diesel fuel to use natural gas. >> josh fox, director of "gas land" and gas land 2." joining me from washington, d.c.. you were welcoming mr. tillerson to the cause today. >> the same thing happened to me, chris. i never thought i'd say it, but i sympathize with the poor ceo of exxonmobil because the truth is nobody wants this to happen to them. we had a huge 150-foot tower literally at the foot of our driveway. it was a 24-hour operation. loud all night. two months they were drilling before they entered the phase. this is happening to thousands of my con...

Other companies are now suing those cities to overturn those bans and frack. >> one of the things i find amazing about the fracking explosion is if you go, you travel through the country. you go to places and town halls. it's one of the most controversial issues in the country on the ground whether you're in colorado or upstate new york or you're in pennsylvania. in washington, it's not controversial. in washington it seems like there's a huge consensus. we need to extract as much as we can. this technology is great. it unleashes all this natural gas. that's good for american energy independen...

Extraction. during america's 21st century energy boom. that is because fracking, the technique that has revolutionized american energy production can and is being done just about anywhere. even in the peaceful hideaways of well-to-do executives from the very companies doing the fracking. >> ours is an industry that is built on technology, it's built on science. it's built on engineering. and because we have a society that by in large is illiterate in these areas. science, math and engineering. what we do is a mystery to them. and they find it scary. and because of that, it creates easy opportu...

Give everything away to the industry. we need to make sure homeowners are reasonably safe or else nobody's going to want to live or be able to live in extraction areas. >> is there an appetite for that among your colleagues? let me give you this little nugget here. this is from lee fung, reporting for "public report" and the "nation." stephen sayle has become a senior staff member of the house committee on science. the standing congressional committee, maintaining our scientific in the world. they believe washington is a wholly owned subsidiary of the companies. >> lafayette, colorado, 25,000 ...