Gas fraccing giant Encana has scripted a bunch of pre-schoolers to pretend to understand or care about shale gas and hydraulic fracturing. This creepy video shows the depths the oil industry will "drill" to in order to put a happy face on their efforts to spread pollution, above and below ground.
Democracy is utterly dependent upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy.
There is a vast difference between putting forth a point of view, honestly held, and intentionally sowing the seeds of confusion. Free speech does not include the right to deceive. Deception is not a point of view. And the right to disagree does not include a right to intentionally subvert the public awareness.
The shale gas industry has performed the "shock doctrine" at the 11th hour of the 2013 Illinois State Legislature's debate over hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"), the toxic horizontal drllling process through which oil and gas is obtained from shale rock basins nationwide.
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This is really low level pandering... Propagandists really should be ashamed of this one.
Uggghhh!
"Creepy" is right ... yakking it up with a bunch of kids barely out of nappies and thinking this is where the PR action is. All that's missing is a shot of EncanaGuy slicing the cake and slurping up the sparkly icing with his new group of acolytes, as further proof of Encana's good will.
ewwwwww!
This is just lower than low. Why don't they tell the kids...Your wells can get poisoned and you could die of cancer!