Frack Off Now – The Animated Short Film

The first animated film in a series on the dangers of fracking.

All Fired Up About Fracking

Safety Matches, designed by Michael Ian Kaye for frackoffnow.com, were created to call attention to the dangers of hydraulic fracturing. The concept was inspired by a scene in the documentary Gasland in which a homeowner’s well water has been so badly contaminated with methane that he lights the stream from his kitchen faucet by simply holding a flame to it. Safety Matches are intended to be placed by your kitchen sink to generate dialogue and spread the word about the hazards of fracking nationwide.

“It is vitally important that the government and the people are aware of the adverse effects of fracking on our environment and our health before more lives are lost and irreversible damage is done. I have tried to use my skills as a graphic designer to help spark awareness of this issue,” says Kaye.

To purchase Safety Matches, contact us at frackoffnow@gmail.com. Proceeds from the sale of all Safety Matches will go to fuel the fire of awareness.

NY Times Exposes Dangers of Fracking

In what will surely be seen as a game changing moment in the battle against the dangers of fracking, the NY Times publishes a major exposé on gas industry practices.  Read it here

River towns seek control over fracking

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110208/NEWS/102080327/-1/NEWS

DRBC session on gas regs draws crowd

http://www.riverreporter.com/issues/11-02-17/head1-drbc.html

A few thoughts from the departing secretary of the PA Department of Environmental Protection

http://citizensvoice.com/news/drilling/hanger-drilling-rules-are-needed-1.1090938

A report released today from Manchester University’s Tyndall Centre calls for a moratorium on shale gas

http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/evidence-from-the-us-prompts-calls-to-stop-fracking/1006915.article#Scene_1

The Department of Interior might toughen oversight over fracking…

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/15/ken-salazar-says-hell-ful_n_809562.html

Another eye-opening documentary on Fracking in the Marcellus shale

http://www.linktv.org/video/6258/fracking-hell-the-untold-story

Science confirms that methane in PA Water is from Drilling, Not Natural Causes

http://www.propublica.org/article/science-says-methane-in-pa.-water-is-from-drilling-not-natural-causes

Pennsylvania’s Drilling Wastewater Released to Streams, Some Unaccounted For

http://www.propublica.org/article/pennsylvanias-drilling-wastewater-released-to-streams-some-unaccounted-for

Regulation and Disclosure of Fracking at the Center of Gas Drilling Debate

http://www.propublica.org/article/fracking-regulation-and-disclosure-at-center-of-gas-drilling-debate