• Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2023

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has changed the situation: Europe is seeking to diversify its supplies of liquefied natural gas to reduce its dependence on Russian gas.

A boon for the United States, which has become Europe's leading trading partner. 80% of American natural gas is produced by hydraulic fracturing, a polluting and environmentally damaging extraction technique that is banned in France and Germany.
 
Arlington, Texas, is the largest urban natural gas fracking site in the United States. There are 400 wells in the town, most of them operated by Total Energies, often discreetly scattered around homes, churches and schools, with hedgerows and fences. And yet the nuisance is very real... The direct consequences on health are reflected in an upsurge in cases of asthma. Although an association has been trying to prevent the expansion of shale gas exploitation since 2015, the battle between a "Green David" and a "Goliath of hydrocarbons" appears to be unequal.