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Gr 9 Up—Filmmaker Lech Kowalski presents a compelling example of how people can organize and fight against a multinational corporation. Villagers in an agricultural area known as the "lungs of Poland" discover that their drinking water is believed to be contaminated by seismic testing in preparation for hydraulic fracture mining. Meeting with local officials and later with Chevron representatives, the farmers protest the use of boring holes underground to pump in water and chemicals to release the natural gas. Never backing down, the farmers eventually...Log In or Sign Up to Read More