Last week, Rolling Stone released on its website an epic 6,200-word article about Aubrey McClendon, Chesapeake Energy and fracking. The story, which was written by the lefty environmental journalist Jeff Goodell, will appear in the March 15th issue of the magazine.
If the headline (The Big Fracking Bubble: The Scam Behind the Gas Boom) and sub-head (It’s not only toxic – it’s driven by a right-wing billionaire who profits more from flipping land than drilling for gas.) doesn’t give it away, the article is not exactly pro-Chesapeake. It makes the Forbes bankruptcy story from a few weeks ago look like strawberry cheesecake, angel wings and robin eggs.