Fracking E-Toolkit

Knowledge is power – here are some web based resources to get you educated on the dangers of fracking.

Documentaries

• “Gasland”– Josh Fox
• “Split Estate” – Debra Anderson
• “Game Changer” – This American Life
• “Burning Water” – Cameron Esler & Tadzio Richards
• “Boomtown” – Planet Green

Radio Stories

• “No ‘Fracking’ Way: The Perils of Natural Gas Drilling” – National Radio Project
  
• “Still ‘Fracking’: The Perils of Natural Gas Drilling” – National Radio Project
• “Worries Over Water as Natural Gas Fracking Expands” – Morning Edition, NPR
• “As Focus on Fracking Sharpens Fuel Worries Grow” – Morning Edition, NPR
• “Fracking Brings Jobs and Pollution to Town” – Talk of the Nation, NPR

Videos

• “Fracking Hell: The Untold Story” – Earth Focus
  
• “My Water’s On Fire Tonight (The Fracking Song)” – Studio 20 NY and ProPublica
• “Fracking 101” – BBC News
• “Fracking and the Environment: Natural Gas Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Contamination”
• “EPA Public Hearing on Health Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing” — Democracy Now!
• “The Truth About Fracking” – Reason TV
• “Fracking for Natural Gas Continues to Raise Health Questions” – PBS News Hour
• Colbert Reviews Talimans Gas’s Children’s Coloring Book on Fracking – The Colbert Report
• “The Promise and Problems of Shale Gas” – energyNOW!

Press Articles on Gas Drilling

• “Drilling Down” – New York Times
  
• “Could Shale Gas Power the World?” – Time Magazine
• “What the Frack? Natural Gas from Subterranean Shale Promises U.S. Energy Independence” – Scientific American
• “How Marcellus Shale Affects You” – The Keystone.
• “The Shale Game” – WHYY
• “Natural Gas Drilling is at a Crucial Turning Point” – ProPublica
• “A Colossal Fracking Mess” – Vanity Fair
• “US Natural gas Drilling Boom Linked to Pollution and Social Strife” – The Ecologist

Educational Pages on Fracking

• http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/whats-fracking
  
• http://www.earthworksaction.org/hydfracking.cfm
• http://www.splitestate.com/fracking.html