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Texas. in order to frack, you need a ton of water and need to store that water somewhere in the ground or pools or 160 foot water tower like the one built near tillerson's home. tillerson and his wealthy neighbors don't want an ugly water tower near their multimillion dollar properties, thank you very much, so they're suing. tillerson and his wife have joined several of their neighbors in a lawsuit to stop the construction of the water tower. the lawsuit argues the tower, which would be used for fracking, would create a noise, nuisance and traffic hazards. you may recognize the suit's plaintif...

Exxon headquarters are near dallas, texas, a complex so ominous as one reporter found it's been nicknamed by employees, the death star. >> that's no moon. it's a space station. >> in 2012, tillerson took home $40.3 million in compensation. today, exxonmobil is the largest natural gas producer in the country. >> natural gas is cleaner burning than most fossil fuels. and it's vital to our energy needs. >> so for exxonmobil, fracking is the future. and they'd like it with as little regulation as possible. >> it's largely, i think, regulatory policy is what could upset the realization of this trem...

They are misinformed. >> there has not been a documented case of substantial or even, i would argue, insignificant contamination of fresh water. so i think the fears are misplaced. some has been through a lot of less than perfect information that's been provided. >> so rex tillerson thinks fracking is legit, but fracking near his own backyard, now that's a different story. and really who could blame him? tillerson and his wife own an 83-acre horse ranch in texas. a dallas suburb. it's worth over $5 million, a remote sprawling estate and the tillersons would like to keep it that way. >> i canno...