Fracking | Something in the Water | 3

American Innovations

Wondery

Steven Johnson, History, Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Science

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

As stories of water contamination and health issues become public, one of the largest grassroots environmental movements in decades emerges to protest fracking. The fracking industry, led by Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon, fights back with lobbyists, PR flacks, and an unlikely ally: the Sierra Club. The battle over fracking will pit neighbor against neighbor, as poor rural communities are torn between the promise of easy money and the desire to protect their land and water.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to American innovations, add free on Amazon music, download
0:06.0	the app today.
0:15.2	It's summer 2010 in Amity, Pennsylvania, a small town south of Pittsburgh.
0:20.8	Stacy Haney sits on the couch watching TV with her 14-year-old son.
0:25.4	He glances over anxiously at his familiar face, which lately has become so unfamiliar.
0:31.3	He's pale and withdrawn.
0:33.0	Eyes glazed over as he watches MTV.
0:36.1	This is how he spends most of his days, sick with a mystery illness that has forced him
0:40.5	to miss most of seventh grade.
0:43.3	Haney picks up the bottle of Fribrize, sitting on the side table, and sprays it in a wide
0:48.0	arc.
0:49.0	For the past month, the smell of rotting sewage has permeated the house.
0:53.5	At the sound of the doorbell, Haney jumps up and smooths her shirt, noticing she feels
0:58.4	oddly nervous.
1:00.1	She takes a deep breath and swings the door open.
1:02.8	A young man in his mid-twenties in an oversized suit stands in front of her.
1:07.5	Hi, I'm Stacy.
1:09.3	You must be from range?
1:10.6	Yes ma'am.
1:11.6	Range resources is a natural gas company that Haney has allowed to drill on her property.
1:16.8	She's grateful for the extra money, but it's been more disruptive than she expected.
1:21.3	Trucks drive in and out constantly, a neighbor once counted 250 in one day.
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