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KSJD's News Collective recorded Tweeti Blancett's talk at the Annex Building in Cortez on May 12th, 2009.

For years, Tweetie and her husband Linn considered oil and gas development to be a good thing. She thought that the gas industry could extract gas without damaging land. But her thinking has changed.

Tweeti said, "I once believed that if the President knew about the damage done to our land by the energy industry, the damage would cease.

Listen to her story. Learn how we need to prepare for the gas and oil extraction that is heading towards Montezuma County.

If you want to learn more visit her website: Why I fight: The coming gas explosion in the West

Tweeti was brought to speak in the heart of Montezuma County by the Hovenweep Alliance to educate the resident about what can happen to a county if it does not do the proper planning prior to the arrival of many gas extraction companies.