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Meet the Frackers Energy Independence or Environmental Nightmare?
Title
Meet the Frackers [electronic resource (video)] : Energy Independence or Environmental Nightmare? / ABC International.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2012], c2012.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (27 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 15, 2012.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
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 objections. To liberate the bounty below calls for fracking-a controversial process in which huge quantities of water and chemicals are injected underground, shattering rock and releasing gas and oil. The film also examines other states where fracking is taking place, such as North Dakota, where farmer Jacki Schilke insists that frackers "are here to rape this land." Viewers are given a wide-ranging look at the pros and cons of what is touted as a major step toward America's independence from foreign oil.
Variant and related titles
Energy Independence or Environmental Nightmare?
Films on demand.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
10 & up.
Contents
Energy Bonanza (1:27)
Barnett Shale Field in Dallas Suburb (1:48)
Taking Risks (1:43)
Hydraulic Fracturing in the Media (1:33)
Texas Economy (1:35)
Short Term Dangers (2:20)
Industry Lobbying Pays Off (1:24)
A Divided Town (2:33)
Fracking Economics (3:32)
Waterford City, North Dakota (2:30)
Environmental and Health Impacts (2:38)
Arlington, Texas (2:12)
Ongoing Fracking Controversy (1:00)
Credits: Meet the Frackers: Energy Independence or Environmental Nightmare? (0:34)
Videorecording number
49268 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
ABC International.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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