Gasland – Understanding an unknown environmental issue

I haven’t posted an environmental health article in a while so I wanted to share a clip  recommended to me. Josh Fox   was interviewed  about his documentary “Gasland,” which details the potential effects that natural gas drilling has on the U.S. water supply.

About this video

(source: PBS)

In the debate over energy resources, natural gas is often considered a “lesser-of-evils”. While it does release some greenhouse gases, natural gas burns cleaner than coal and oil, and is in plentiful supply—parts of the U.S. sit above some of the largest natural gas reserves on Earth. But a new boom in natural gas drilling, a process called “fracking”, raises concerns about health and environmental risks.