Gasland.mov

"The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a "Saudia Arabia of natural gas" just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called GASLAND. Part verite travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, part showdown."

GASLAND will be broadcast on HBO through 2012. To host a public screening in your community please go to http://gaslandthemovie.com/screenings/
The DVD will be on sale in December 2010.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Gasland
• josh fox
• Halliburton
• Dick Cheney
• natural gas
• drilling
• hydraulic fracturing
• fracking
• Cannes 2010
• documentary
• toxic water
• energy

[CyraUK]

I actually had to stop this video it was so scary. I live in Northeast PA, about forty five minutes from Scranton, and up here, they're doing a LOT of drilling. This is quite frankly terrifying. Call me a hypochondriac, but I'm kinda freaked out about the water now. Hey, Corbett, thanks for raping our state, you malicious asshole!

[tigers1780]

He mentioned Cornell University in a recent interview. Cornell is the best school in the country and is also situated in Ithaca NY. Frack central. Or so haliburton wanted. What Haliburton got was a highly intelligent society in the middle of farmland that said,"F You"!!!! They did research in their multimillion dollar labs and found out natural gas, hailed as environmentaly friendly, when burned, is actually worse than coal. Massive amounts of methane are being released into the air and contami

[garytcw]

There is not the problem of any company. It is the hateful dead civilian souls of middle east people, men women and children born and unborn. Their spirit got into your water thats all.

It is common sense, as simple as "in order to fuck, you need fucking fluid".

[riffrockerdon]

the problem is that in this country,they don't drill safely.they do it wherever they want.and don't care about the water.because they are already poisioning the water.anytime haliburton is involved in anything.you can be sure it's unethical.those who don't agree,need an education in the real world.not fairy tales.besides it's academic now anyway.the government has already.created the katrina and bp disaters to turn new orleans into an oil refinery.cheney and obama too.wake up sheep

[riffrockerdon]

My wife and I have a house in south america.natural gas has long been a very good source of energy over there.In fact when george w bush was pres.he threated economic sanctions against them if they didn't share there supply.I know you didn't see that on tv here.but that is because you never see the truth on tv in this country,anyway that is another story.as far as this movie it is very accurate.and the problem is not drilling for natural gas.in south america.its done far away from the water

[dwyann11]

This video contains misinformation. The oil & gas industry is not exempt from the law. It is, by law, required to protect the fresh water aquifers. In my opinion, contamination of water isn't a result of fracture stimulation, but a result of improper (and unlawful) drilling/cementing practices, and blatent dumping of fluids into rivers and streams and run-off areas.

The laws and regulations are already in place. Why ask for a law to be passed which will make it illegal to break the law?

[thecheesemakers]

this video is fracking hillarious

[allrobb]

think about who's in charge here the ruling class + Obama isn't doing a thing to stop this big oil is funding propaganda and only a minority is supporting the bill FOR ALL PEOPLE IN THE STATES CALL YOUR CONGRESMAN/WOMAN NOW! FORCE THEM TO SUPPORT H.R 2766 THE FRACK ACT Do it now, before the price of water is like a 1000 times higher... Don't let THEM KILL our future for PROFIT. PEOPLE IN EUROPE WAKE UP - POLEN IS BEING FRACKED ALREADY TAKE ACTION! THIS HAS TO END NOW.

[allrobb]

@ramon329

De wet is er met een ruime meerderheid en steun van veel democratisch tuig doorheen gekomen. Check de stemming govtrack punt us

of zoek naar "Energy Policy Act of 2005 votesvotes" via scroogle.

En ja Bush was een republikein, maar hij mocht pas tekenen toen de rest van het tuig het eens was.

[allrobb]

Medemensen van mij:

EUROPA:

Het is hier ook begonnen. In Polen is de Angel of Death Halliburton begonnen met FRACKEN. Check hun site of de site van halliburtonwatch.

EIS WETGEVING VAN EUROPA DIE DIT VERBIED!

Waarom? De prijs van water... gaat ben ik bang gigantisch oplopen door dit grapje. Als dat vervangend water moet ergens vandaan komen en betaald worden. (hoe bedoel je het ene gat vullen met het andere)

Josh Fox well done! Blessings from Holland! And AV, nice job on the teaser!