The Ethics of Fracking
Climate, Economy, Energy, Initiatives, Waste
•
37m
A look at the ethics of the natural gas extraction process known as “fracking”. The film covers political, spiritual, scientific, medical, and professional points of views of hydraulic fracturing. It also takes a look at the deceiving advertising the gas industry heavily relies on.
Participants in the film:
Bernard G. Prusak
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility at King’s College
Congressman Matt Cartwright
Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District
Brother David Andrews, C.S.C.
Senior Representative of Food & Water Watch
Rabbi Mordechai Liebling
Director of the Social Justice Organizing Program at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Marleen A. Troy, Ph. D.
Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, Wilkes University
Dr. Alfonso Rodriguez, MD
Nephrologists, President of the Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition
Produced by Video Innovations
2014
38 minutes
Up Next in Climate, Economy, Energy, Initiatives, Waste
-
French Fries To Go
‘French Fries’ is an award winning film that documents the origins of Telluride’s Biodiesel project, which resulted in the launching of the first city bus in the nation to run on 100% pure Biodiesel.
This funny and thought provoking piece is pure Telluride, Colorado, having been made by a loca...
-
ScrapHouse: San Francisco
ScrapHouse was a temporary demonstration home, built entirely of salvaged material on Civic Center Plaza adjacent to San Francisco City Hall. Over the course of just six weeks, a team of volunteers scoured Bay Area dumps and scrap yards. A group of architects, landscape architects, lighting speci...
-
DEEP GREEN GreenGraphics
8 vignettes by Pascal Campion illustrating tips for reducing one’s carbon footprint. 8 mins. CREATOR: Pascal Campion
