"Fracking Our Future" gives voice to people in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio impacted by rapid expansion of the shale gas industry, highlighting effects on human health and everyday life. Realizing that scientific assessments take years to complete—time insufficient to avoid unfolding environmental disaster, geomicrobiologist Yuri Gorby returns to his childhood home to shine light on those struggling to survive amidst toxic gases and contaminated fluids within one mile of well pads, compressor stations, cryogenic separators, crystalline silica mines and transport stations. "Fracking Our Future" frames the vulnerability of citizens who are being sacrificed for profits by a globally destructive industry, in this eloquent call for action.
Geomicrobiologist Yuri Gorby returns to his childhood home of Bethany, WV, to give voice to people suffering from chemical exposure who live and work in the gas fields of PA, WV and OH. Realizing that scientific assessments take years to complete — time insufficient to avoid the environmental disaster unfolding before his eyes, Yuri teams up with a documentary film team, citizen action groups and medical, legal and government experts to shine light on those living amidst toxic gases and contaminated fluids within one mile of well pads, compressor stations, cryogenic separators, crystalline silica mines and transport stations.
Geomicrobiology expert Yuri Gorby recently joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as the Howard N. Blitman '50 P.E. Career Development Professor in Engineering. He is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Gorby's interdisciplinary research is at the nexus of environmental engineering and biology. An accomplished microbial physiologist and bioprocess engineer, his work embraces the use of controlled cultivation to understand the fundamental properties of bacteria for a range of applications.
Fracking Our Future
