D'origine modeste, Don Wallace intègre une prestigieuse école qui semble abriter de dangereuses forces obscures.
Steve Butler, représentant d’un grand groupe énergétique, se rend avec Sue Thomason dans une petite ville de campagne. Les deux collègues sont convaincus qu’à cause de la crise économique qui sévit, les habitants ne pourront pas refuser leur lucrative proposition de forer leurs terres pour exploiter les ressources énergétiques qu’elles renferment. Ce qui s’annonçait comme un jeu d’enfant va pourtant se compliquer lorsqu’un enseignant respecté critique le projet, soutenu par un activiste écologiste qui affronte Steve aussi bien sur le plan professionnel que personnel…
A fracking crew drills on sacred Native American land, unleashing an ancient demon. There are only two ways out of the woods, succumb to the demon or die.
Les plus importantes recherches de gisements de gaz naturel sont en ce moment entreprises à travers tous les États-Unis. La société Halliburton a développé une technologie de forage, la fracturation hydraulique, qui va permettre aux États-Unis de devenir « l’Arabie Saoudite du gaz naturel ». Mais cette technique est-elle sans danger ? Lorsque le cinéaste Josh Fox reçoit une lettre l’invitant à louer ses terres pour y faire un forage, il va sillonner le pays et découvrir en chemin des secrets bien gardés, des mensonges et des toxines…
When a film student and her two friends go to Kern County to shoot a documentary, they stumble upon a mysterious family and learn why Pandora's box should never have been opened.
Caméra au poing, le réalisateur Josh Fox nous plonge dans l'univers de l'industrie des gaz naturels. Il dénonce qu'au même titre que d'autres gaz nocifs pour la santé, ils représentent en réalité un réel danger dans la vie quotidienne de milliers de familles: contamination de l'air et de l'eau, dégradation du climat, ...
A social statement on the irreversible and detrimental impact of gas and oil exploration on our planet and in particular the impact that hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking' will have on Kainaiwa, or the Blood Reserve in Canada. This film was shot with a completely Indigenous cast and crew.
Fracking the System is a political thriller documentary from the front lines of climate justice activism in Colorado. When a fracking mega-site gets moved from a White neighborhood to a BIPOC neighborhood, a concerned mother fights to try and stop it. This is an investigative exposé about the harms of fracking, the lengths to which the government is complacent with industrial pollution, and the nefarious tactics that the oil and gas industry uses to undermine democratic elections.
Chanda Chevannes follows scientist Dr. Sandra Steingraber as she makes speeches against fracking and gets arrested protesting “the industrialization of the Finger Lakes.”
Frackman tells the story of accidental activist Dayne Pratzky and his struggle against international gas companies. Australia will soon become the world's biggest gas exporter as more than 30,000 'fracked' wells are sunk in the state of Queensland where Dayne lives. He and his neighbours have unwittingly become the centre of a massive industrial landscape and they have no legal right to stop mining on their land. Dayne embarks on a journey that transforms him from conservative pig-shooter to sophisticated global activist as the Frackman. He meets the people drawn into a battle that is crossing the ideological divide, bringing together a peculiar alliance of farmers, activists and political conservatives. Along the way Dayne encounters love, tragedy and triumph.
In a small rural town in Pennsylvania, the refuge of a rare salamander and the only source of
clean drinking water for 700 people is threatened by the installation of a fracking waste injection
well, prompting community members to band together to fight for the rights of their people and
nature.
In the 1960s, the US government came up with an experimental plan supported by the oil companies to try using nuclear explosions to extract natural gas in the American West. The tests set for Wyoming were known as the Wagon Wheel Project.
When the Northern Rivers of NSW community found their home being threatened by gas field industrialization, a critical mass of citizens from all walks of life responded to the call.Told through the eyes of the "Protectors" over a five-year period and inter-cut with fresh insight from some of the world's leading social commentators, this feature documentary captures and celebrates what is described as the non-violent 'Eureka Stockade' of our time.