Hydraulic Fracturing on Wikipedia
Gasland by Josh Fox, International Wow Company, with French subtitles, 2010 – a documentary film about hydraulic fracturing in the United States and growing concerns about water contamination.
Gasland: Dangers of Natural Gas Extraction (Extended Trailer) 2010
Split Estate by Debra Anderson, Red Rock Pictures, 2009
Split Estate Trailer (2009)
Canada
British Columbia
British Columbia Tap Water Alliance – Stop Fracking British Columbia
Alberta
POWERS: Protecting our Water and Ecological Resources Society
Protect Blood Land – Fracking Facts
Saskatchewan
Stop the Hogs web forum on hydraulic fracturing
Quebec
Les Ami(e)s du Richelieu (The Friends of the Richelieu)
Développement durable de l’industrie des gaz de schiste au Québec (Government Investigative Report and Public Hearings on Shale Gas Development in Quebec)
Quebec Shale Gas Development Update: BAPE Report Released by Minister Arcand
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Hydraulic Fracturing In New Brunswick: Land And Sea, CBC, April 10, 2010.
Ontario
Fractured Lines: Will Canada’s Water be Protected in the Rush to Develop Shale Gas? by Ben Parfitt for the Program on Water Issues, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, October 14, 2010.
YouTube Segments of the Conference at the Munk School of Global Affairs
1. Abrahm Lustgarten (Six Parts). Afternoon Session featuring Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica Reporter. Presentation Title: Shale Gas Development and Water Protection – Lessons Learned and the Way Forward ( ProPublica website: http://www.propublica.org/ )
Part 1 – Abrahm Lustgarten
Part 2 - Abrahm Lustgarten
Part 3 – Abrahm Lustgarten
Part 4 – Abrahm Lustgarten
Part 5 - Abrahm Lustgarten
Part 6 - Abrahm Lustgarten
2. Legal Liability Issues: Investors, Industry and Governments (Five Parts). Afternoon Session Panel. Panel members: Stephen Dvorkin, Partner, Dickstein Shapiro LLP, New York, NY; Wally Braul, Partner, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, Calgary, Alberta; Jon Jensen, Executive Director, Park Foundation, Ithica, New York.
Part 1 - Stephen Dvorkin
Part 2 - Stephen Dvorkin
Part 3 - Jon Jensen
Part 4 - Jon Jensen / Questions to Panel
Part 5 - Questions to Panel (continued)
3. Panel Response to Ben Parfitt’s Conference Paper (Morning Session)
Part 1 - Andrew Miall (Petroleum Geologist, University of Toronto, Ontario)
Part 2 – Andrew Miall (continued) & Tom Myers (Consultant, Hydrology & Water Resources, Reno, Nevada)
Part 3 – Tom Myers (continued) & Chris Tucker (Communications Director, Energy in Depth, Washington, D.C.)
Part 4 – Chris Tucker (continued) & Jan Jarrett (President & CEO, Citizens for PennFuture, Harrisburg, PA
Part 5 – Jan Jarrett (continued)
Part 6 - Roland Willson (Chief of the West Moberly First Nations, British Columbia)
Part 7 – Roland Willson (continued)
4. Statutory Authority and Regulatory Preparedness (Late Morning Session)
Part 1 – Val Washington (Deputy Commissioner for Remediation and Materials, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation)
Part 2 – Val Washington (continued)
Part 3 - David Neslin (Director, Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Department of Natural Resources, Colorado)
Part 4 - David Neslin (continued) & Questions to the Panel
Part 5 - Questions to the Panel (continued)