Posts tagged air pollution
Get up to Speed on the Rush for Natural Gas
Apr 7th
On April 10, GASLAND, Winner of the Special Jury Prize for documentary at 2010 Sundance Film Festival will be screening at Philadelphia’s Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut Street at 5:30 pm. Immediately afterwards, the filmmaker will join PA Gubernatorial candidate Joe Hoeffel for a discussion about the implications of drilling for gas in Marcellus shale at the Naked Chocolate Cafe, 31 South 18th Street.
CAN YOU DO THIS WITH YOUR TAP WATER? from JOSHFOX on Vimeo.
GASLAND GASLAND follows filmmaker Josh Fox as he sets off on a 24-state journey to uncover the deep consequences of the United States’ natural gas drilling boom after he discovers that natural gas drilling is coming to his area—the Catskillls/Poconos region of Upstate New York and Pennsylvania. What he uncovers is truly shocking–water that can be lit on fire right out of the sink, chronically ill residents of drilling areas from disparate locations in the US all with the same mysterious symptoms, huge pools of toxic waste that kill cattle and vegetation well blowouts and huge gas explosions consistently covered up by state and federal regulatory agencies…
Energy Thinking: We Have Choices, so Let’s Get up the Gumption to Act
Mar 28th
We take electricity for granted, but how often do we think about where it comes from, about its environmental costs, or what we can do differently? We do have a choice…
Energy Thinking from GreenTreks Network on Vimeo.
