The NPR radio/TV show, This American Life, has just broadcast a terrific one-hour episode on fracking. It does a good job of showing how closely Penn State University is allied with the gas industry, and how universities in general are afraid to publicize or even sponsor research that shows the negative aspects of fracking. The broadcast also showcases a PA town and its zoning disputes between its townspeople, and with industry.

Listen here: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/play_full.php?play=440&podcast=1