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Fracking film starring Matt Damon set for release in December

Posted Thu, 2012/09/27 - 11:15am by RCAP

Summary: A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.

Director: Gus Van Sant (directed Matt Damon in "Good Will Hunting")
Writers: John Krasinski (screenplay), Matt Damon (screenplay)
Stars: Matt Damon, Frances McDormand and John Krasinski

Watch the trailer:

ProPublica says new study finds fluids from Marcellus Shale likely seeping into Pa. drinking water

Posted Thu, 2012/07/12 - 9:23am by RCAP

by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica, July 9, 2012, 3 p.m.

New research has concluded that salty, mineral-rich fluids deep beneath Pennsylvania's natural gas fields are likely seeping upward thousands of feet into drinking water supplies.

Though the fluids were natural and not the byproduct of drilling or hydraulic fracturing, the finding further stokes the red-hot controversy over fracking in the Marcellus Shale, suggesting that drilling waste and chemicals could migrate in ways previously thought to be impossible.

Political wrestling over fracking in Pennsylvania

Posted Tue, 2012/07/03 - 9:22am by RCAP

From iWatch News by The Center for Public Integrity:

Local leaders sue for right to control location of gas wells

When Pennsylvania passed a state law that stripped local authority over where potentially hazardous natural gas wells could be drilled, cities and townships decided to take matters into their own hands.