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Tuesday Video: Free Screening of Gasland Part II at the Bing

Too Far North Productions and The Lands Council invite citizens who are concerned about the negative impacts of “Fracking” to attend this free screening of film, Gasland Part II, on September 24th at 7:00pm.

This is the follow-up to the Oscar Nominated 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, now occurring on a global level (in 32 countries worldwide).

Gasland Part II, premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival and 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."

Trailer after the jump. 



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