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Gasland: Light my (water on) fire…

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JF: Energy-In-Depth is a PR outfit sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute that is here to attack anyone who speaks out against the Gas industry. They launched into an extensive smear campaign against us, to which we responded in full detail, on our website.  We’re not the only targets though, they also just came out after this family of Western Pennsylvania, Stephanie H.’s family, who was interviewed on CBS news because her children are getting sick living next to the gas wells. The doctors told her she had to move away for her kids to recover and she’s had to literally walk away from her homestead because how can it be sold, and take a rental somewhere to safely raise her children. Energy-in-depth just issued a debunking statement of this family. And of CBS news. They are actually attacking citizens who are suffering at the hands of their practices, this is simply appalling.

Now don’t think the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection is doing anything to help these people. The states have been benefitting financially obviously, but still. Often times the DEP are apologists for the gas industry, they are not stopping these practices from happening, if anything they have been collaborators – they went around for a year with the Penn State Cooperative Extension telling farmers the fracking fluid was nothing but sand and water, leaving out the remaining list of toxic chemicals. And today they take in the samples and just have to confirm people’s water contamination. Sorry. This is unbelievable to me.

VP: Last july, I attended a rally for the gas drilling bill moratorium in West Trenton at the Delaware River Basin Commission. I was shocked to see the amount of pro-gas citizens present, all decked-out in matching t-shirts and caps, and after seeing your film, I wondered what could motivate these people to still want to subject themselves to such practices. What do you think that is? Is it really just about money and lack of information?


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  1. GASLAND IN CENTRAIL PARK TONIGHT!!!

    For tix or info:
    The Arsenal Gallery, Central Park, 64th Street and Fifth Avenue
    Reception to follow.
    R.S.V.P. required. Call 212.360.1324,

  2. This is an amazing documentary and so important for everyone to watch. we have to protect our water and our land!

    thanks for running this story.

  3. I live in Pittsburgh. Before the media got hold of the story, back in early August, we knew we were being monitored by Pennsylvania’s Homeland Security. I am proud beyond words to say that not one of the dear people who’ve stood with me (at countless community meetings and protests, etc.) backed down. Sure, several expressed a bit of trepidation, but they kept getting up off the couch & going to make their voices heard.

    We’re planning a Marcellus protest on November 3 in Pittsburgh, everyone’s invited, more info, go here: marcellusprotest.org

    Thank you Josh for getting us up off the couch.

  4. Josh Fox will be on the Keith Olbermann show on Monday night talking about how Homeland Security was spying on gas drilling activsts at GASLAND screenings and giving their names to pro-drilling organizations.

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