The methane that makes up 90+% of natural gas packs a powerful climate impact – 100 times more powerful than CO2 over the crucial 20-year period in which we need to slow climate change.
– NASA has an excellent web page on methane’s effects and current readings.
Aside from climate concerns, the fracking industry creates public harm in many ways. Here are some helpful resources to learn more.
– Largest gathering of scientific studies on the effects of fracking:
Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas and Oil Infrastructure from Concerned Health Professionals of NY
Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas and Oil Infrastructure from Concerned Health Professionals of NY
– One of the best documentaries to show the effects of fracking in extraction territory:
Gasland (the original 2010 film) – Available online here
Gasland (the original 2010 film) – Available online here
– Halt the Harm has an impressive archive of webinars on all kinds of facets of fracking –