Fracking Resource Guide

A Crash Course


A Crash Course	Can we benefit by this new source of natural gas without it affecting our water and lifestyle? This collection of bibliographic resources, government documents, letters, and videos is a crash course in fracking.

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Flamable Water	For the first time, a scientific study, has linked natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing with a pattern of drinking water contamination so severe that some faucets can be lit on fire. read more
Mr. Rogers Neighborhood	Kentucky ranks dead last in healthy behavior, and 49th in overall well-being, ..More mountaintop removal will only make these problems with the health of Appalachian people even worse. Its hard to get worse than worst, but Hal Rogers is doing his darndest. read more
Energy Choices	Campaigners who fight natural gas altogether, ...had better come up with a real-world game plan for fostering human progress while limiting environmental risks. read more
Fracking Went Too Far	Grumbles ponders the criticism leveled at the 2004 study and suggests that it's now time for Congress and the EPA to take another look at hydraulic fracturing. read more
Living Frack Free	The term "natural," like many other carefully chosen terms used by the extraction industry, is intended to give the false impression that shale gas is a benign and "clean, green" fuel. read more
Chevron Remix	Jonathan McIntoshs' Remix Video is a critical and transformative work that constitutes a Fair Use in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. Source footage from Chevron TV ads, US Army ad, BBC News, Future Weapons, CSI and several other short clips recorded off television. read more
Read Between the Times	Broder's piece goes on to offer a smokescreen of protest by the right, but according to Dusty Horwitt of the Environmental Working Group, “An industry insider like John Deutch is completely unacceptable to lead this panel...It looks as if the Obama Administration has already reached the conclusion that fracking is safe.” read more
Exxon’s Oozing Texas Oil Pits Haunt Residents	This article examines the lawsuit against Exxon filed by Texas rancher Elizabeth Burns. See: Rancho Los Malulos \| A satirical view from the McGill Brothers Lease read more
No Consensus $Hydrofracking in New York State: Poll Shows No Consensus$	According to this NY1/YNN-Marist Poll, New Yorkers divide on the issue. 41% oppose hydrofracking while 38% support it. A notable 21% are unsure. Similar proportions of registered voters statewide share these views. read more
Downright Scary	Whether you are for it or against it, hydrofracking will significantly alter our way of life, and it’s possible that Gov. Andrew Cuomo will make the decision to the end the current moratorium on June 1. Write or phone — tell him no. read more

Paul T. Anastas	Tracy Bank	Maude Barlow
Wendell Berry	John Boehner	John Bredehoeft
Elizabeth Burns	George W. Bush	Robert Casey
Richard L. Cassin	Dick Cheney	Susan Christopherson
Theo Colborn	John Cole	Tim DeChristopher
Diana Degette	David Dzomback	Nora Eisenberg
J. Henry Fair	Josh Fox	Lee Fuller
Daniel Gilbert	Thomas Gold	Raul Grijalva
Walter Hang	Garrett Hardin	Tony Hayward
Sue Heavenrich	Maurice Hinchey	Nathaniel Hitt
Robert Howarth	Molly Ivins	Lisa Jackson
Brad Johnson	Robert F. Kennedy Jr.	Clifford Krauss
Barbara Lifton	Abrahm Lustgarten	Amy Mall
Peter Mantius	John McFarland	Jonathan McIntosh
Bill McKibben	Carl T. Montgomery	Robert Myers
Michael C. O'Connell	Ben Perkus	M. Ray Perryman
Rick Piltz	Louis Proyect	David Roberts
Mike Roselle	Helen Slottje	Kirk Smith
Leslie Stahl	Sandra Steingraber	Maura Stephens
Nicholas Stern	Ed Swartz	Ben Tettlebaum
Henry David Thoreau	Calvin Tillman	Ken Ward Jr.
Henry Waxman	Tom Wilber	Sharon Wilson
Hannah J. Wiseman	Bill Wolfe	The Yes Men
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