Drinking Water and Fracking
Connecting the lives and perspectives of identifiable individuals with climate impacts is likely to be effective. This photo tells a new story about how ordinary people are affected by the fossil fuel industry.
Cavan
Rights Managed
WHAT IT SHOWS: Beverly and Roland Landrey haul empty bottles to fill with water at a neighbor's farm. The Landrey's well recently went dry after decades of regular flow -- a problem she and husband Roland attribute to the growing number of coal bed methane wells drilled in the area. A several day supply of water sits in jugs on the floor at right. Natural methane gas is extracted from coal seams by removing the water in the coal.
Photo by
Kevin Moloney/Aurora Photos
Principles:
Tell new stories