Environmental concerns
From Wikimarcellus
During 2009-2010, 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 had 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 possible contamination of drinking water. The industry soon responded with a few of its own videos.
Hydro-fracturing, a proven technique used for decades, in the context of pumping high volumes of drilling fluid in horizontal drilling, began to be thought of by more than a few commentators and politicians as controversial.
Documentaries on Drilling -- Pro
- Modern Drilling Operations: Hydraulic Fracturing - Views of Devon drilling activities in a suburban area in Texas' Barnett shale.
- Shale Gas and America's Future - Excellent introduction to Marcellus shale development from industry experts.
Documentaries on Drilling -- Con
- Barnett Shale: An Aerial View - Video showing the transformation of Texas landscape by shale drilling.
- Barnett shale land farms is a video discussing the dumping of drilling waste on land farms in Texas.
- Gaslands by Josh Fox - Anti-drilling film
- 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.
