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About This Collection
The earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan raised new concerns about the risk of another nuclear reactor disaster. The explosion of the FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT gives our citizens cause to re-examine the risk assumed by the public. At this writing, the full extent of the damage to the plant, the community, and the environment is unknown - it will take years.
At the same time concerns over the high risks associated with extracting natural gas and as noted in a Financial Times article is "energy that comes from the same place as our drinking water. Extracting it had better be safe. The political fault lines over hydraulic fracturing (hence the term fracking) have been easy to predict for anyone paying attention to the controversies over climate change and genetically modified organisms. France’s national assembly voted to ban fracking while in the US its been full steam ahead in 32 states. These are high risk alternative energy sources.
Curated by mokiethecat
The History of Fracking by Russell Gold |
Fracking for oil and natural gas is transforming the way America powers its economy. The flood of low-priced natural gas has undercut new nuclear plants and nudged utilities to pull the plug on old ones. Cheap gas also has stolen market share from coal and also hit renewable sources of power such as wind and solar. Now the fracking bonanza is spreading to China and beyond. With the US poised to become the world's largest petroleum producer in a few years the world's new energy equation could undermine OPEC and profoundly alter the geopol
 itical balance of power. Russell Gold's new book "The Boom" illustrates Texas oilmen and Oklahoma wildcatters who developed and perfected hydraulic fracturing technology that ushered in a new era of American industry. In this video, Gold gives a brief history of the origins of fracking, and how the industry got to where it is today. Speaker: Russell Gold, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal; Author, The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World This program was recorded before a live audience on April 1, 2014.To order his book from Amazon, click on the image, or visit your local bookstore.
Published on Apr 9, 2015 EarthSayer Russell Gold |
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GasLand by Josh Fox
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Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas, by Professor Burleson
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Deep Drilling Fracking, Deep Pockets by Common Cause
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Ecuadorian Indigenous Peoples opposed to oil development
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My Water's On Fire Tonight
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From Atomic Bombings to Fukushima, Japan Still Pursues a Nuclear Future
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What is the Fracking Process by Chesapeak Energy
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Japanese Director A. Funahashi talks about his film Nuclear Nation
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Last U.S. Nuclear Test by Konstantin Kakaes
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Want the truth about Australia's coal industry?
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Ending Nuclear Weapons by Alice Slater (2019)
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Fukushima's Ongoing Impact by Helen Caldicott
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Haynesville Movie Trailer: Largest Natural Gas Field in the U.S.
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The Sinkhole That's Swallowing Louisiana by Ben Depp
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Chinese CoExist with Coal
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Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Costs Up Another $4.5B by Tom Carpenter
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A Danger on the Rails from the The New York Times
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Natural Gas Wells in Pennsylvania: an infographic
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The Last Mountain
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Hindsight and Foresight: 20 Years After the Exxon Valdez Spill
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TED Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy? Brand and Jacobson
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Frac Biocides DeepLife by Sandra Steingraber
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Energy: The Next 10 Years Really Matter by Alexander Van de Putte
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Contamination of Ecuador's Rainforest: The Chevron Tapes
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300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds
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Promised Land (movie trailer) with Matt Damon
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Why is Coal So Angry?
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Last of Energy Resources are in the Territories of Indigenous Peoples by Erick Gonzalez
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Transporting Coal through the Pacific NorthWest
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Community Organizing at Alliance for Nuclear Accountability Conference
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Nuclear Power Plants and Global Warming by Helen Caldicott
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The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons (trailer)
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Nuclear: Dirty, Dangerous and Expensive by Kevin Kamps
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Trying to Create Clean Coal Technologies by Nicholas K. Akins of AEP
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How The Exxon Valdez Disaster Still Affects Victims Today
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Making A Documentary About Haynesville by Gregory Kallenberg
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Portland, Oregon: Train Tankers and Tar Sands Oil
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Kumi Naidoo Scales Cairn's Arctic Oil Rig
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The History of Fracking by Russell Gold
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Global Warming and Nuclear Energy by Amory Lovins
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Tar Sands Resistance March