These two videos tell the remarkable tale of what has happened to empower local citizens throughout New York.
Dryden, New York: The Small Town That Changed the Fracking Game

The story of Helen Slottje, the attorney whose work in New York won her the 2014 Goldman Prize

Trailer for the film Fishtail, that chronicles ranch life in the Stillwater Valley, near the site of oil leases. Can oil and gas possibly coexist with this lifestyle?

The link between oil and gas drilling and earthquakes:

An academic lecture on the relationship between fracking and water contamination: