What the frack is going on?

posted May 17, 2011

In the event you were holding out on learning about hydrofracking until it was all set to music, your moment has arrived. The video embedded above was produced by NYU students as part of a collaboration with the journalism org Pro Publica.

Hydrofracking is potentially one of the biggest environmental issues facing the state. A rather large deposit of hard-to-reach natural gas runs through the state. And energy companies are reportedly eager to give it a good fracking. That could mean significant economic gain -- and significant environmental problems.

Pro Publica has been all over the issue. Oh, and that part about flammable water -- true, in some cases.

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tags: environment, fracking, New York State

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Awesome - Glad to see this here!
I work in the environmental community, and we've been sharing this with our networks working on the issue. It's catchy!

... said Laura on May 18, 2011 at 12:02 PM | link

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