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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: So, Is Dimock's Water Really Safe to Drink?

Posted Fri, 2012/03/23 - 10:58am by RCAP

by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica, March 20, 2012

March 21: This post has been corrected.

When the Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that tests showed the water is safe to drink in Dimock, Penn., a national hot spot for concerns about fracking, it seemed to vindicate the energy industry's insistence that drilling had not caused pollution in the area.

ProPublica: Years after evidence of fracking contamination, EPA to supply drinking water to homes in Pa. town

Posted Wed, 2012/01/25 - 12:45pm by RCAP

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Jan. 20, 2012, 2:58 p.m.

First, the earth around the rural town of Dimock, Pa., was cracked open as gas drillers used fracking to tap the vast energy supplies of the Marcellus Shale.

Then, in April 2009, residents there lost their access to fresh drinking water. Wells turned fetid. Some blew up. Tap water caught fire.