Gasland Part II - Film Screening

Transition
Town Media, Food & Water Watch PA, and Delaware Riverkeeper Network will be
presenting the film Gasland Part II on Friday January 24th at Media Friends, 125
West 3rd Street Media, PA. Doors open at 6pm, and the program will
commence shortly after with an introduction, film screening, and panel
discussion.  

In
this explosive follow-up to his Oscar nominated film Gasland, filmmaker Josh
Fox uses his trademark dark humor to take a deeper broader look at the dangers
of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the controversial method of extracting
natural gas and oil. Pennsylvania is a leading state in the fracking industry.
Gasland II, which premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, shows how the stakes
have been raised on all sides in one of the most important environmental issues
facing our nation today. The film argues that the gas industry’s portrayal of
natural gas as a clean and safe alternative to oil is a myth and that fracked
wells inevitably leak over time, contaminating water and air, hurting families,
and endangering the earth’s climate with the potent greenhouse gas methane. In
addition, the film looks at how the powerful oil and gas industries are in
Fox’s words “contaminating our democracy”.

Come
and learn about an issue that is both local and global. There will be an
opportunity after the film to ask questions and discuss concerns with members
of Food and Water Watch Pennsylvania and Delaware River Keepers. For more information,
contact us as info@transitiontownmedia.org
or see our website: http://transitiontownmedia.org/.