Shrinking Natural Gas Royalties

Living on Earth

Farmers struggling to make a living from their land have welcomed gas companies that want to drill for natural gas on their property. Yet all too often royalty payments don’t measure up to the promises. Reporter Abrahm Lustgarten of ProPublica tells host Steve Curwood about his investigation.

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