New York City’s clean water supply is currently being threatened by a method of natural gas drilling known as hydraulic fracturing. Community organizations are racing to prevent the reckless endangerment of local ecosystems and communities -- the Oscar-nominated documentary Gasland and a NYTimes series are raising public awareness, even in the face of the looming expiration date of the temporary moratorium preventing fracking in the state.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Trailer Park Evicted to Make Room for Fracking
32 Families in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania are losing their homes due to fracking. This was caused by the approval of three natural gas projects in PA. The removal of these families from their homes was considered an "added benefit" of the project as these homes were located in a flood plain.
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