Faces of Fracking

When I got out of Rosanna Esparza’s car, a mixture of smelly eggs and sewer sludge hit me. I was just feet away from an unlined pit used to dump wastewater from oil and gas operations and I had to resist from gagging.

The fracking boom is making its presence known throughout the nation, transforming communities in unpredicted - and sometimes unwelcome ways. The list of impacts include incidents of contaminated drinking water, stronger and riskier earthquakes, increased air pollution, and skyrocketing housing [...] read more