紀錄片類奧斯卡入圍作品促使《大眾科學》發表水力壓裂文章

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本文發表於《大眾科學》的前部落格網路,反映了作者的觀點,不一定反映《大眾科學》的觀點。


《 गैसল্যান্ড 》是一部關於天然氣水力壓裂的紀錄片,入圍了週日第83屆奧斯卡金像獎。該片已獲得聖丹斯電影節獎,因為它揭示了快速增長的實踐中可能存在的地下水汙染和對居民的健康威脅,這種實踐是將大量的化學物質和水泵入地下以壓裂頁岩並獲取天然氣。這部紀錄片使全國關注紐約州水力壓裂的待定擴張,那裡的立法者和環境監管機構正在努力對水力壓裂在廣闊的馬塞勒斯頁岩地層中實施暫停令。

《大眾科學》在電影在 HBO 播出前幾個月就獲得了預發行複製,這部電影說服我撰寫了一篇專題文章,調查了水力壓裂批評者和推廣者的說法。在進行我自己的研究和採訪之後,很明顯,像大多數紀錄片一樣,《 गैसল্যান্ড 》揭示了令人驚訝的事實,放大了其中一些,並選擇忽略了另外一些。無論如何,編劇和製片人喬什·福克斯所取得的成就,是揭開了保密的面紗,這種保密使大多數當地居民,更不用說科學家和監管機構,對水力壓裂中使用的化學物質及其可能的影響一無所知。他確實讓我走上了報道之路。


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Mark Fischetti has been a senior editor at 大眾科學 for 17 years and has covered sustainability issues, including climate, weather, environment, energy, food, water, biodiversity, population, and more. He assigns and edits feature articles, commentaries and news by journalists and scientists and also writes in those formats. He edits History, the magazine's department looking at science advances throughout time. He was founding managing editor of two spinoff magazines: 大眾科學 Mind and 大眾科學 Earth 3.0. His 2001 freelance article for the magazine, "Drowning New Orleans," predicted the widespread disaster that a storm like Hurricane Katrina would impose on the city. His video What Happens to Your Body after You Die?, has more than 12 million views on YouTube. Fischetti has written freelance articles for the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian, Technology Review, Fast Company, and many others. He co-authored the book Weaving the Web with Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, which tells the real story of how the Web was created. He also co-authored The New Killer Diseases with microbiologist Elinor Levy. Fischetti is a former managing editor of IEEE Spectrum Magazine and of Family Business Magazine. He has a physics degree and has twice served as the Attaway Fellow in Civic Culture at Centenary College of Louisiana, which awarded him an honorary doctorate. In 2021 he received the American Geophysical Union's Robert C. Cowen Award for Sustained Achievement in Science Journalism, which celebrates a career of outstanding reporting on the Earth and space sciences. He has appeared on NBC's Meet the Press, CNN, the History Channel, NPR News and many news radio stations. Follow Fischetti on X (formerly Twitter) @markfischetti

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