Fracking Trump Country with Eliza Griswold
Podcast: Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes PodcastPublished On: Tue Jul 03 2018
Description: What does it look like when fracking comes to town? For folks in poor rural areas, parts of Trump Country before we had Trump Country, fracking can mean opportunity, wealth, and autonomy for some, destruction and ruin for others. Journalist Eliza Griswold tells a story that begins in the Niger delta and brings her to the doorstep of a family farm in Southwest Pennsylvania in the midst of the energy boom. There, in the towns of Amity and Prosperity, she learns about the intimate and complex reasons why people chose to bring fracking to their town, and the crisis they face when mysterious illnesses begin to appear.Read more at NBCNews.com/WhyIsThisHappening
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