Why We Should Be Worried About Fracking
124 views · Published 5 September 2013 · 2:30 · Indexed 28 October 2026
Channel: PBS SoCal · 2013 · News & Politics
From "The Well Next Door," a column about fracking in California: http://www.kcet.org/news/rewire/commentary/the-well-next-door/los-angeles-meet-the-frackers.html Angela Johnson Meszaros of Physicians for Social Responsibility explained why L.A.'s future may be heading back towards the 1920s -- and why we should be worried. The days of the gushers are over -- but fracking, acidization, horizontal drilling, and other recent "enhanced recovery techniques" are giving new life to old L.A. oilfields. Unfortunately, some of the major impacts of these techniques include toxic, carcinogenic, and radioactive pollution, increased earthquake risks, and accelerating climate change.
