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| − | "Fracking" is short for ''hydraulic fracturing'', a means of obtaining natural gas by pumping fluid through explosive-generated cracks in rock. It's good news in that it has dropped the cost of natural gas, so it may reduce the amount of coal we burn and alleviate CO2 emissions. However, some of the fluids used in fracking are known or suspected carcinogens, and the drilling companies are unwilling to discuss the chemicals they use (this secrecy goes back to the energy bill that came out of Dick Cheney's secret energy task force). Even more worrisome in some respects is the intimidation and surveillance by [http://webbrain.com/brainpage/brain/874968ED-A020-B0E4-4C27-A3A0558D5C9A#-80 police and private contractors] of [http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/as-eco-terrorism-wanes-governments-still-target-activist-groups-seen-as-threat/2012/02/28/gIQAA4Ay3R_print.html activists] and [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/house-republicans-order-j_n_1246971.html?view=print&comm_ref=false reporters] who ask questions.
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| − | See also [http://www.ic.ucsc.edu/college8core/c8wiki/index.php/Category:Energy Energy], as well as [http://www.ic.ucsc.edu/college8core/c8wiki/index.php/Category:Global_Warming Global Warming] and [http://www.ic.ucsc.edu/college8core/c8wiki/index.php/Chemicals Chemicals] | |
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| − | == News/Reports ==
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| − | [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/tag/fracking/ PBS Need to Know].
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| − | [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/09/maryland-students-water-quality-monitoring_n_1951137.html?ref=topbar Maryland Students' Water Quality Monitoring] Comes In Anticipation Of Gas Drilling. 10/12.
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| − | [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/22/global-protests-fracking-globalfrackdown_n_1905034.html?ref=topbar International protests] 9/12.
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| − | [http://steingraber.com/bio/ Sandra Steingraber] is internationally recognized authority on the environment links to cancer and human health. Steingraber’s highly acclaimed book, Living Downstream: An Ecologist’s Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment presents cancer as a human rights issue.[http://www.alternet.org/print/fracking/pledge-resist-fracking-writer-biologist-sandra-steingraber-issues-call-action-and-warning Pledge to Resist Fracking].
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| − | [http://www.propublica.org/article/new-study-fluids-from-marcellus-shale-likely-seeping-into-pa-drinking-water New Fracking study] on water contamination. 7.12
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| − | [http://www.propublica.org/article/injection-wells-the-poison-beneath-us Fracking has been getting a lot of attention lately, but a long-standing problem has been injection wells]. 6.12
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| − | == Video ==
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| − | [http://video.pbs.org/video/2004467940/ PBS NewsHour] on health effects 6/12.
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| − | [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/08/fracking-is-it-safe.html See also]
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| − | Groundbreaking filmmaker Josh Fox takes a closer look at natural gas drilling and fracking and their effects on communities in his award-winning documentary [http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/gasland/index.html Gasland] a documentary about drilling for natural gas. [http://gaslandthemovie.com/ official site]. After Fox was offered $100,000 to lease his land to a drilling company, he set off on a cross-country journey to investigate the environmental risks of fracking. During his 24-state trek, he uncovers alarming facts about the natural gas industry, health problems as a result from this contamination and (not surprisingly) loopholes in federal environmental regulation. HBO [http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2c=JJ%2FlqPYlhwTt1Jiyo%2FvyIu%2Bv81mcs1Wp trailer]
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| − | [http://www.prwatch.org/node/11611 New short film on fracking] by Gasland director. 7.12 He was [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/house-republicans-order-j_n_1246971.html?view=print&comm_ref=false arrested by capitol police] for filming a public meeting. Actor [http://www.alternet.org/print/newsandviews/article/362465/actor_mark_ruffalo_lands_on_terror_list_for_screening_film_against_fracking Mark Ruffalo has been supporting the issue], Pete Seeger too.
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| − | [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/11/12/60minutes/main7048737.shtml 60 Minutes segment on Fracking], injecting chemicals under high pressure to extract natural gas. 11/10.
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| − | [http://www.ted.com/talks/t_boone_pickens_let_s_transform_energy_with_natural_gas.html T Boone Pickens TEDtalk] on energy policy 3/12.
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| − | Vanity Fair [http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2010/06/fracking-in-pennsylvania-201006 article and video] on water affected.
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| − | [http://motherjones.com/environment/2010/07/methane-impact-gulf-oil-spill Natural gas' (mostly methane) role in Gulf oil spill]. from [http://motherjones.com/ Mojo]
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| − | [http://www.loe.org/shows/shows.htm?programID=10-P13-00030#feature5 Drilling Down on Fracking] loe.org 7/10
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| − | == Music ==
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| − | [http://www.motherjones.com/print/177481 A great fracking video rap]: What the frack is going on? My water's on fire tonight
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