There is nothing inherently wrong with contract - for - deed arrangements, says Satter, whose father, Mark Satter, helped organize Chicago
residents against the practice in the 1950s.
Public opposition to fracking has escalated in recent months, with concerned
residents and environmental and consumer advocacy groups campaigning
against the
practice in New Jersey and the surrounding states, where gas companies have been ramping up plans to drill in the Marcellus Shale, a rock formation which extends up the East Coast.