Environmental concerns
From Wikimarcellus
During 2009, Environmental concerns received increasing publicity from activist and grassroots orgainizations such as the Damascus Citizens for Sustainability and the Delaware Riverkeeper Network. Many towns and municipalities turned to western states for advice and guidance about potential environmental issues since shale drilling has already been well underway there for years.
Several activist videos appeared condemning the drilling industry for its seeming indifference to the public's worries about contamination of drinking water. The industry soon responded with its own videos.
Video Documentaries on Drilling -- Pro
- Modern Drilling Operations: Hydraulic Fracturing - Views of Devon drilling activities in a suburban area in Texas' Barnett shale.
Video Documentaries on Drilling -- Con
- Barnett Shale: An Aerial View - Video showing the transformation of Texas landscape by shale drilling.
- Josh Fox documentaries:
- In the Red Zone - focuses on well contamination problems of farmers in Weld County, Colorado.
- Rage of Nature presents the downside of drilling in Ft. Worth, Texas for residents.
- WYOMING! - video focusing on the water well contamination issues of ranchers in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming.
- Land farms is a video discussing the dumping of toxic drilling waste on land farms in Texas.
- Rural Impact is a documentary that focuses on environmental impacts of gas drilling in Colorado.
- SkyTruth: Upper Green River Valley - A View From Above - 3-D visualization of natural gas development in Wyoming.
