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
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Good resources. May I ask, somewhat immodestly, that you also include my online PowerPoint, “The Case for a Moratorium on Drilling the Marcellus Shale in PA”? The latest version is always available here: http://paradisegardensandfarm.com/