Fossil fuel memes: are you fracking serious?
The controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing continues to spread, even though critics say it can potentially poison water supplies and cause earthquakes. Here’s a series of postcards that would make anyone want energy companies to get the frack out of their neighborhood
Fri 6 Nov 2015 12.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 14.58 BST
A Chevron fracking rig in Poland stands admidst the trees in winter. Photograph: Stanislaw Wadas/The Guardian
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA subdivision in Denton, Texas, where drilling is being done on frack pads that are as close as 200 feet from residences. Photograph: Julie Dermansky/Corbis
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA fracking rig stands behind the athletic fields in Denton, Texas. Photograph: Les Stone
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterFrozen water tanks next to a Chevron drilling rig in Poland. As many as 2-8m gallons of water may be used to frack a single well. Photograph: Stanislaw Wadas/The Guardian
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA fracking site in South Montrose, Pennsylvania. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA fracking rig stands tall against the mountains in Colorado. Photograph: Chris Rogers/Corbis
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterYoko Ono attends her Imagine No Fracking Installation at ABC Home & Carpet in New York City. Photograph: John Lamparski/WireImage
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterEngineers on the drilling platform of the Cuadrilla shale fracking facility in Preston, Lancashire, UK. Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA natural gas well platform north of Parachute, Colorado. Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters/Corbis
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterConcerned citizens hold a banner against fracking during a demonstration in Madrid, Spain. Photograph: Nacho Goytre/Demotix/Corbis
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