Woodstock, the iconic counter-culture capital of the world, has become
the first municipality to call for legislation to make fracking a Class C
felony.
Read more: http://www.alternet.org/fracking/can-small-community-throw-monkey-wrench-global-fracking-machine
Thanks to the Oscarnominated documentary “Gasland,” many people believe fracking — a process of getting natural gas out of rock — pollutes water and creates wastelands wherever it is used.
But like so many documentaries nowadays, Gasland is high on anecdote and emotion but low on science and fact.
Read more: http://www.alternet.org/fracking/can-small-community-throw-monkey-wrench-global-fracking-machine
'Frack nation'
Will the truth get out?
Fracking is probably one of the most misunderstood words in the English language.Thanks to the Oscarnominated documentary “Gasland,” many people believe fracking — a process of getting natural gas out of rock — pollutes water and creates wastelands wherever it is used.
But like so many documentaries nowadays, Gasland is high on anecdote and emotion but low on science and fact.
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