1. Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director Food & Water Watch whauter@fwwatch
Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director Food & Water Watch

2. Significant Threat to Essential Resources
Impacts on Water
Potential Contamination (toxic chemicals, methane in water, radioactivite compounds, wastewater disposal)
Very water intensive
Impact on Air
Releases of toxic contaminants including benzene
Linked to nosebleeds and asthma
Other impacts
Threat to agriculture (livestock and crops)
Possible link to earthquakes in Arkansas
Local economies suffer in long term

3. The energy industry has invented a new type of hydraulic fracturing—fracking—that can extract gas from shale. This has resulted in increased production from shale.

4. And around the world

5. Not just in the United States. Also in the rest of North America

6. Fracking: A National Problem
Shale plays are spread out all over the

7. National Legislation FRAC* Act BREATHE* Act NATGAS* Act
*Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals
BREATHE* Act
*Bringing Reductions to Energy’s Airborne Toxic Health Effects
There is a lot of action on the state and local level. This is what is happening on the federal level. Meanwhile, investments in natural gas are not investments in renewables. The rest of the world is looking to the U.S. for leadership on this. The U.S. Department of State has launched a global shale initiative. This is a really bad idea for the U.S. and it is a bad idea for the rest of the world.
NATGAS* Act
*New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions

8. Delivering petitions in Philadelphia

9. Protest in Allentown, PA

10. Protest with Mark Ruffalo

11. Hearing in Trenton

12. Protest in Albany

13. Protest in Albany