Meet the frackers / producer, Ian Altschwager ; Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Spreading out beneath the suburbs of Dallas, the underground deposit known as the Barnett Shale promises vast oil and gas riches. This program follows the efforts of Texas developers as they stampede for a piece of the action, even as local residents and environmental activists raise major objection...

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Corporate Author: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Production company)
Other Authors: Altschwager, Ian (Television producer)
Brissenden, Michael (Narrator, Onscreen presenter)
Language:English
Published: [Australia] : ABC News, [2012]
Subjects:
Hydraulic fracturing > Environmental aspects > United States.
Hydraulic fracturing > Government policy > United States.
Gas well drilling > Environmental aspects > United States.
Gas well drilling > Government policy > United States.
Hydraulic fracturing > Texas.
Hydraulic fracturing > North Dakota.
Shale gas industry > United States.
Documentary television programs.
Environmental television programs.
Genre:
Documentary television programs.
Environmental television programs.
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Physical Description:1 streaming video file (28 min.) : digital, sound, color.
Variant Title:
Meet the frackers : energy independence or environmental nightmare?
Format: Electronic Video
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Spreading out beneath the suburbs of Dallas, the underground deposit known as the Barnett Shale promises vast oil and gas riches. This program follows the efforts of Texas developers as they stampede for a piece of the action, even as local residents and environmental activists raise major objections. Liberating the bounty below calls for fracking--a controversial process in which huge quantities of water and chemicals are injected underground, shattering rock and releasing gas and oil. The film also examines other states where fracking is taking place, such as North Dakota, where farmer Jacki Schilke insists that frackers "are here to rape this land." Viewers are given a wide-ranging look at the pros and cons of what is touted as a major step toward America's independence from foreign oil.
Note:Originally broadcast as an episode of Foreign Correspondent on February 28, 2012.
Call Number:TN881.A1 M44 2012 Online
Credits:Camera, Dan Sweetapple ; editor, Simon Brynjolffssen ; executive producer, Steve Taylor.
Participant or Performer:
Reporter, Michael Brissenden.
Source of Description:
Title from video home page (viewed on June 11, 2014)