May 22, 2024 Kary BrueningFossil fuel memes: are you fracking serious? | EnvironmentFossil fuel memes: are you fracking serious?Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email 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 neighborhoodDaniel Ahrens and Travis IrvineFri 6 Nov 2015 12.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 14.58 BSTA Chevron fracking rig in Poland stands admidst the trees in winter.Photograph: Stanislaw Wadas/The GuardianShare on Facebook Share on Twitter A subdivision in Denton, Texas, where drilling is being done on frack pads that are as close as 200 feet from residences.Photograph: Julie Dermansky/CorbisShare on Facebook Share on Twitter A fracking rig stands behind the athletic fields in Denton, Texas.Photograph: Les StoneShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Frozen 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 GuardianShare on Facebook Share on Twitter A fracking site in South Montrose, Pennsylvania.Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter A fracking rig stands tall against the mountains in Colorado.Photograph: Chris Rogers/CorbisShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Yoko Ono attends her Imagine No Fracking Installation at ABC Home & Carpet in New York City.Photograph: John Lamparski/WireImageShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Engineers on the drilling platform of the Cuadrilla shale fracking facility in Preston, Lancashire, UK.Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty ImagesShare on Facebook Share on Twitter A natural gas well platform north of Parachute, Colorado.Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters/CorbisShare on Facebook Share on Twitter Concerned citizens hold a banner against fracking during a demonstration in Madrid, Spain.Photograph: Nacho Goytre/Demotix/CorbisShare on Facebook Share on Twitter TopicsClimate crisisClimate change: too hot to handleFrackingComedyEnergyFossil fuelsncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaJ2eq7azu82mnKesX5yurbjEq7BoamBmgnC6zq9maW5fm7y0v8ilZJ%2BtlaF6rrHMnqpmmaKaerq71Gadq5mToLavs4ysnKuhn6rA←Art Monk Harry Styles Finally Opens Up About Songs Taylor Swift Wrote About Him→