Fracking - the New Energy Rush (2013)

Director
Jeff Wilkinson

Main cast
Iain Stewart

Genres
Documentary

Description
Iain Stewart investigates a new and controversial energy rush for the natural gas found deep underground. Sometimes, this is right under the places people live in. Getting it out of the ground involves hydraulic fracturing - or fracking.


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