Series: Breaking the Land: Marcellus Shale and the Gas Age
Produced by Reid Frazier
Image by: Reid R. Frazier/Allegheny Front
Making way for the Marcellus
Stories about Marcellus Shale, the environment, and the coming of the age of shale gas.
Shale gas is changing the country. Through hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, we can now extract enough natural gas to power the country. But is it safe? And what cost will we pay? These stories explore how natural gas is changing land, society and country in the northeast. Produced by Reid R. Frazier, the Marcellus Shale reporter for the Allegheny Front, Pittsburgh's public radio news show about the environment.
6 Pieces
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Thousands of wells have been drilled in the Marcellus shale, using new types of drilling methods. But there are questions about the safety of these...
- Added: May 18, 2012
- Length: 00:09:50
What happens when your land sits on top of a rich natural gas deposit, but you don't own the mineral rights. In Wetzel County, West Virginia, many ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2012
- Length: 00:07:05
Why are Marcellus shale salts still turning up in drinking water? Is Pennsylvania's voluntary program to limit them keeping drinking water clean?
- Added: Jan 30, 2012
- Length: 00:07:50
Gas companies spend millions of dollars to fund research at Penn State. Does the money buy anything else?
Bought by WAMC
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:07:06
- Purchases: 1
How will fracking affect Pennsylvania's most remote forests? Reid Frazier took a trip above the state's biggest forest and saw first hand the impri...
Bought by WAMC
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:07:46
- Purchases: 1
We use natural gas to heat our homes and generate our power. Can we use it to fuel our cars? Big Gas thinks shale gas is the key to cleaning up our...
- Added: Dec 22, 2011
- Length: 00:06:57
