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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iLoveMountains	Organization web site features a widget that shows how you are connected to mountaintop removal where you live. read more
Global Warning	Fracking is being rushed. it's going full tilt without the scientific, objective regulation, and analysis that important security issues warrant, even though industry experts have known about the many risks it poses to the environment and our health for years. read more
FracFocus	Of all the lobbyists bringing their issues to Capitol Hill, the Groundwater Protection Council is one of the smaller players. I have to wonder, reading the rankings on Open Secrets, "Lobbying Spending Database: Environment, 2009", why this groundwater organization spends less on its annual lobbying than "Fur Wraps the Hill" or the "Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy"? Groundwater is a hot button national issue, affecting both the urban and agricultural sectors. read more
Frack Check WV	*FrackCheckWV.net* was created as a platform for educating citizens about the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing and providing tools and guidance for effective citizen action and advocacy. read more
All Things Nuclear	Expert reports and selections of news accounts and analysis of the breaking news concerning the meltdown of Japan's nuclear reactors ongoing since March 13, 2011. read more
U.S. Climate Denial	On March 15, 2011, Republicans in the House energy committee voted not once, not twice, but three times [all PDFs], against amendments recognizing that climate change is real, despite the broad scientific consensus that "climate change is happening and human beings are a major reason for it." They then unanimously voted [PDF] in favor of the Upton-Inhofe bill to repeal the EPA's scientific endangerment finding on greenhouse pollution. read more
Meet the Gas Geezers	T. Boone Pickens has somehow managed to sell President Obama and an astonishing number of Congress members on the myth that nat-gas is a homegrown wonder fuel. read more
Academic Round-Up	The Court heard oral argument in American Electric Power v. Connecticut on Tuesday. The case raises questions about the role of the federal courts in addressing climate change. read more
Cornell University Law School - 2011 Energy Conference	The conference will use natural gas drilling as a lens to explore energy policy, the global energy market, and the integral role the law can and must play in creating energy security and ensuring a sustainable future. read more
Don't Speak For Me	"The U.S. Chamber Doesn’t Speak For Me” campaign is designed to expose the Chamber’s dirty business in Washington D.C. and discredit their efforts. 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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