Meet the frackers
Spreading out beneath the suburbs of Dallas, the underground deposit known as the Barnett Shale promises vast oil and gas riches. This program follows the efforts of Texas developers as they stampede for a piece of the action, even as local residents and environmental activists raise major objection...
| Other Authors: | Altschwager, Ian., Brissenden, Michael., Australian Broadcasting Corporation., Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) |
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| Format: | DVD |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
[2012]
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| Physical Description: |
1 videodisc (27 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Table of Contents:
- Energy bonanza
- Barnett Shale field in Dallas suburb
- Taking risks
- Hydraulic fracturing in the media
- Texas economy
- Short term dangers
- Industry lobbying pays off
- A divided town
- Fracking economics
- Waterford City, North Dakota
- Environmental and health impacts
- Arlington, Texas
- Ongoing fracking controversy.