Gas drilling companies such as Halliburton say the gas drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is safe, but opponents contend it pollutes groundwater with dangerous substances. Now, new evidence has emerged possibly linking natural gas drilling to groundwater contamination. ProPublica journalist Abrahm Lustgarten reports federal officials in Wyoming have found that at least three water wells contain chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.
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Click for more info and to watch the episode online: Sierra Club Chronicles Episode 4: Range Wars Rage On An enhanced video showing invisible fumes released when natural gas is burned. They may be invisible, but as this video shows, they are definitely there. Natural gas doesn’t look quite so clean anymore… Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America Presents #407: “What the Frack?” Marty Luster asks Ken Zeserson and Judy Abrams about “fracking” – a new method for extracting natural gas from much deeper underground than in conventional drilling. Contracts for such extraction are being signed all over Tompkins County. The environmental threats are severe, and the process is very weakly regulated. Recorded July 22, 2009. Watch it on Channel 13, on Friday, July 31, 11:30 am-noon. This week’s program will be available Tuesday in the Alternatives Library in Anabel Taylor Hall on the Cornell Campus. Now on DVD. If you would like to help out with Ithaca Democratic Socialists’ community access cable television series, call Theresa Alt at 273-3009 or email talt at igc dot org. If you would like to learn more about how rights-based organizing can be used to challenge corporate exploitation in your community, Shaleshock member Autumn urges you to learn more about CELDF. An episode of Alternative Radio featuring Richard Grossman, giving a speech entitled “Rolling Back Corporate Power” is available to borrow at the Shaleshock office, at 115 E. Martin Luther King Street (the Commons; office is located above the Autumn Leaves Bookstore). You can also watch this video (40 minutes):
See more videos from the June 15, 2009 Forum at Broome Community College, called “Gas Drilling: Stories From the Front Line.” |
 Shaleshock is an information hub connecting people to regional groups and projects working to stop exploitative drilling in the Marcellus Shale.(more) |
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