NYU’s Studio 20 Releases ‘The Fracking Song’

Posted on May 11, 2011

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A team of student journalists at New York University’s Studio 20 program created an extremely clever animated music video to give the American public the lowdown on “fracking,” a potentially dangerous method of drilling for oil and natural gas by using pressurized liquids to hydraulically fracture subterranean rock. The trouble is, toxic chemicals are typically part of the “fracking fluid” and those can seep into drinking water supplies. The song’s full title is “My Water’s on Fire Tonight (The Fracking Song)” for good reason. The technique is now in use in states around the country, and the companies that do it—such as Halliburton—are protected from EPA scrutiny by a legal loophole passed under the second Bush administration with strong support from former Halliburton CEO Dick Cheney. —KDG

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