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Commissioned Images
Gerardo Ramirez Hernandez, 6, bottom center, talks to his mom, Leticia Hernandez after he and his sister step off the bus after school. The Hernandez family lives in Madera, California and received solar panels from Grid Alternatives.
©2014 Lexey Swall
Denny Sysaknoi, 21, works on the roof of a home in Madera, California during a Solarthon event with Grid Alternatives. Sysaknoi did a six-month internship with Grid Alternatives before getting a full-time job with Lifestyle Solar. Sysaknoi was raised by his grandmother in a tough neighborhood in Fremont and now has a child of his own.
©2014 Lexey Swall
Madera California resident Maria Zavala, second from left, listens as David Griffin, a solar install supervisor with Grid Alternatives, gives her instructions on how to turn her solar panels on and off and how to read her meter after her home was retrofitted with solar panels from Grid.
©2014 Lexey Swall
Crew members for Grid Alternatives and Lifestyle Solar install solar panels on the roof of the home of the Hernandez family in Madera, California.
©2014 Lexey Swall
Connie Stewart runs tests on the circuit board she is assembling in the lab at US Hybrid, an advanced vehicle powertrain supplier in Torrance, California.
©2014 Lexey Swall
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High School Help
Margaret Moreales-Rebecchi talks to three high schoolers about the dangers of fracking, acidizing, and cyclic steaming. She is working on Measure J, a campaign to ban fracking in San Benito County.
Photo Credit: Sarah Craig/Faces of Fracking
Shooting Hoops
A boy plays basketball in front of an oil well that is covered with large colorful flowers and is located next to Beverly Hills High School. Wells like this are hidden throughout Los Angeles.
Photo Credit: Sarah Craig/Faces of Fracking
Kiari Martin
Kiari Martin, age 11, was diagnosed with Hogdkin’s lymphoma when she was 8. Don believes her illness was caused by the chemicals emitted by the Murphy Oil site.
Photo Credit: Sarah Craig/Faces of Fracking
Dusk in Lost Hills
At dusk in the Lost Hills Trailer Park, Rosanna asks her husband and fellow researcher which house to visit next for the Lost Hills Health Survey. She says that communities within five miles of unconventional drilling are more apt to experience acute health affects. At least 244 wells have been fracked in the Lost Hills Oil Field – which is just down the road.
Photo Credit: Sarah Craig/Faces of Fracking