Ask someone like Jon Entine, a
science writer for Ethical Corporation, to describe the sort of person
who claims hydraulic fracturing presents a pollution nightmare in
waiting, and you quickly find yourself pummeled with talk radio
invective: "ideological blowhard," "leftist loony," and
"upper-middle-class lefties."
But none apply to Fred Mayer.
When a reporter arrives at his 200-year-old farmhouse on a cloudy June
day, one of the first things Mayer asks is: "Do you know who Glenn Beck
is? You should really listen to him. Now that man knows what he's
talking about."
The 62-year-old Vietnam vet's yard in Newark Valley, New York, is full
of patriotic flags. His rotund body is covered in ta...
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