Energy crisis postponed? [Power Shale Gas]

Search for 'fracking' on the Internet and you'll find a host of videos from 'fracking 101' and 'No fracking way' to 'fracking hell', and yes, 'frack off'. This very public backlash against fracking - or hydraulic fracturing, the process of extracting natural gas from shale formations - follows the release of 'Gasland' in January 2010. The oscar-nominated documentary tracks the lives and chronic health problems of US families living in regions where shale gas drilling has taken place. Its claims of groundwater pollution amid images of flaming faucets not only angered US citizens but also roused concern at the White house. Today, the US environmental Protection agency (ePa) is investigating the safety and risk implications of hydraulic fracturing while the New York State Senate has imposed a moratorium halting all practices within its State. other US Senates, as well as canadian province Quebec, are poised to follow and the first legal claims for contamination caused by the drilling have been filed.