CBS: Filmmaker Describes Gas Industry Attacks on 'Gasland'

[Hissyspit]

Run time: 09:38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9hz62IZgEI   Posted on YouTube: June 27, 2010 By YouTube Member: CBS Views on YouTube: 8   Posted on DU: June 28, 2010 By DU Member: Hissyspit Views on DU: 1555

 
CBS | June 27, 2010 | 9:38
CBSNews.com's Shira Lazar talks to Josh Fox, 1st time documentary filmmaker behind GASLAND, which exposes the unsafe drilling practices of the natural gas industry and its catastrophic effects on the environment and communities. More info: http://www.gaslandthemovie.com

[tomm2thumbs]

1. great video Hissyspit - thanks for posting /nt

[defendandprotect]

2. Back later to watch it . . . amazing that 40% of this oil spill is methane gas ...

which creates Global Warming!

[florida08]

3. hope everyone gets a chance to watch this doc.

Unbelievable how gas has poisened people's wells and the gas industry denies it. Using hydraulic fracturing that detonaties the rock deep below the ground and lots of water with deadly chemicals in it along with sand to release the natural gas, they have breached well water. People are sick and ponds and streams have been poisened. From wiki

A well blowout in Clearfield County, PA on June 3, 2010 sent more than 35,000 gallons of hydraulic fracturing fluids into the air and onto the surrounding landscape in a forested area. Campers were evacuated and the company EOG Resources (formerly Enron Oil and Gas) and the well completion company C.C. Forbes have been ordered to cease all operations in the state of Pennsylvania pending investigation. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has called this a "serious incident....

In April of 2010 the state of Pennsylvania banned Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. from further drilling in the entire state until it plugs wells believed to be the source of contamination of the drinking water of 14 homes in Dimock Township PA. The investigation was initiated after a water well exploded on New Year's Day in 2009. The state investigation revealed that Cabot Oil & Gas Company "had allowed combustible gas to escape into the region's groundwater supplies."<16>

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Hissyspit.:thumbsup:

[avaistheone1]

5. I definitely want to see this film.

This will force me to use Direct TV services for the first time.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

6. I watched this a few days ago.

It's shocking and I think everyone needs to watch it, especially the Dick Cheney lovers.