Industrial Fracking News Today

>> so one of the things that i find amazing about the fracking explosion, if you go, you travel through the country, you go to places and town halls, its one of the most controversial issues in the country on the ground, whether youre in colorado or upstate new york or youre in pennsylvania. in washington, its not controversial. in washington, it seems like theres a huge consensus we need to extract as much as we can. this technology is great. it unleashes all this natural gas. thats good for th...

Worst. that its actually worse than diesel fuel to use natural gas. >> josh fox, director of "gas land" and gas land 2." joining me from washington, d.c.. you were welcoming mr. tillerson to the cause today. >> the same thing happened to me, chris. i never thought id say it, but i sympathize with the poor ceo of exxonmobil because the truth is nobody wants this to happen to them. we had a huge 150-foot tower literally at the foot of our driveway. it was a 24-hour operation. loud all night. two...

Other companies are now suing those cities to overturn those bans and frack. >> one of the things i find amazing about the fracking explosion is if you go, you travel through the country. you go to places and town halls. its one of the most controversial issues in the country on the ground whether youre in colorado or upstate new york or youre in pennsylvania. in washington, its not controversial. in washington it seems like theres a huge consensus. we need to extract as much as we can. this tec...

Extraction. during americas 21st century energy boom. that is because fracking, the technique that has revolutionized american energy production can and is being done just about anywhere. even in the peaceful hideaways of well-to-do executives from the very companies doing the fracking. >> ours is an industry that is built on technology, its built on science. its built on engineering. and because we have a society that by in large is illiterate in these areas. science, math and engineering. what...

Give everything away to the industry. we need to make sure homeowners are reasonably safe or else nobodys going to want to live or be able to live in extraction areas. >> is there an appetite for that among your colleagues? let me give you this little nugget here. this is from lee fung, reporting for "public report" and the "nation." stephen sayle has become a senior staff member of the house committee on science. the standing congressional committee, maintaining our scientific in the world. the...

Pre precedent. they are asking for a ban. what they are saying is this substantially impairs and diminishes use of the property. detrime detrimental to public held, morals, comfort, the general welfare. their property rights are unique and irreplaceable. theres gross negligence. >> how have these companies like exxon mobile and others reacted when those kinds of cases have been made in court before? >> 100% denial. were talking about hundreds of millions of dollars spent to discredit the reporti...

>> so one of the things that i find amazing about the fracking explosion, if you go, you travel through the country, you go to places and town halls, its one of the most controversial issues in the country on the ground, whether youre in colorado or upstate new york or youre in pennsylvania. in washington, its not controversial. in washington, it seems like theres a huge consensus we need to extract as much as we can. this technology is great. it unleashes all this natural gas. thats good for th...

Have to be adjacent to a waterway to see up close the ugly reality of fossil fuel extraction. during americas 21st century emergency boom, that is because fracking, the technique that has revolutionized energy can be done anywhere. even in peaceful hide aways of well to do executives from the very companies doing the fracking. >> ours is an industry thats built on technology, built on science, built on engineering. and because we have a society that by and large is illiterate in these areas, sci...

Ground or pools or 160 foot water tower like the one built near tillersons home. tillerson and his wealthy neighbors dont want an ugly water tower near their multimillion dollar properties, thank you very much, so theyre suing. tillerson and his wife have joined several of their neighbors in a lawsuit to stop the construction of the water tower. the lawsuit argues the tower, which would be used for fracking, would create a noise, nuisance and traffic hazards. you may recognize the suits plaintif...

Its detrimental to public health, safety, morals, comfort. the general welfare. theyre saying that their property rights in unique and irreplaceable. negligence, gross negligence, malice. >> how have these companies, companies like exxonmobil and others reacted when those kinds of cases have been made in court before? >> oh, 100% denial. were talking about hundreds of millions of dollars spent to discredit the reporting in my film, in all of -- you know, "the new york times." thousands of news s...