Episode Synopsis "Kate Sinding & Michael Shellenberger The Striking Challenge Of Fracking (Full)"
"The Striking Challenge of Fracking: Who Does it Benefit and Who Gets Hurt?", is the second episode of Summits on Tenth, a web video series featuring conversations that provoke and disrupt conventional thinking on a wide variety of contemporary issues. The episode features a conversation with Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney and Deputy Director at the Natural Resources Defense Council's New York Urban Program, and Michael Shellenberger, President of The Breakthrough Institute, as they explore if fracking is a boon to the economy, a contributor to climate change, or a destroyer of communities. The conversation was moderated by Simon Greer, president and CEO of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and Lynn Parramore, senior editor at AlterNet.