Portal:Water/Interesting Pieces

• The Center for Media and Democracy: "The Fracking Frenzy's Impact on Women"

• Rolling Stone: "The Big Fracking Bubble: The Scam Behind the Gas Boom"

• "USGS Releases New Assessment of Gas Resources in the Marcellus Shale, Appalachian Basin." This press release, written on August 23, 2011, highlights the fact that even more shale gas exists in the Marcellus Shale than previously thought.

• ProPublica: "New York’s Gas Rush Poses Environmental Threat" This piece that highlighted the risks with Marcellus Shale shale drilling was published on June 22, 2008 by Pro Publica. Afterward, the movement to place a moratorium on all "natural" gas drilling was sparked.

• Democracy Now! interview with ProPublica investigative reporter Abrahm Lustgarten summarizing some of the key concerns with drilling for shale gas.

• Center for Media and Democracy: "Chesapeake 'Declaration of Energy Independence': NAT GAS Act Embodied"

• Center for Media and Democracy: "MSNBC's (GE's) Dylan Ratigan Show 'Firewater?' Series: Natural Gas Industry-Media Complex Exposed"

• Center for Media and Democracy: "Wisconsin Becomes Part of Gas Industry's Land Grab" This piece explores one state that has been impacted on the supply side of fracking through sand mining.