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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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
Boil a Frog and More	A list of blogs by members of the Society of Environmental Journalists covering the environment. read more
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
Climate Co-benefits and Child Mortality Wedges	Climate change issues bring into greater prominence that all the world's people are linked together and that we all have a stake in creating a sustainable path for the planet and no such path can allow for 10 million avoidable child deaths each year. read more
Waters of the U.S.	Americans depend on clean and abundant water. However, over the past decade, interpretations of Supreme Court rulings removed some critical waters from Federal protection, and caused confusion about which waters and wetlands are protected under the Clean Water Act. read more
iLoveMountains	Organization web site features a widget that shows how you are connected to mountaintop removal where you live. 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
Energy Transitions	A Systems Approach to Energy Transitions: Presentations from the Conference held on March 30-31, 2011 in Watkins Glen, NY. read more
At the Center of the Earth	How far below the earth’s surface do property rights extend? The conventional wisdom is that a landowner holds title to everything between the surface and the center of the earth. This article is the first legal scholarship to challenge the traditional view. 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

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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