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鈥淲e are delighted to host the film鈥檚 director at this event. We invite the public, not only to come view the movie, but to come with their questions and concerns, and talk to Josh Fox about this complex and potentially divisive issue,鈥 said Spencer Peavey, 魅影直播 State College director of student activities and orientation.
魅影直播 State College and 魅影直播 University will each screen the movie Gasland at their respective campuses in April.
On Tuesday, April 26, 魅影直播 State will present the movie at 8 p.m. in the Orvis Activities Center auditorium, and 魅影直播 University will present it, also at 8 p.m., in the Nevins Theater.
On Wednesday, April 27, 魅影直播 State College will offer an encore presentation at 6 p.m. in the Orvis auditorium, followed by a discussion with the film鈥檚 Oscar-nominated director Josh Fox.
鈥淲e are delighted to host the film鈥檚 director at this event. We invite the public, not only to come view the movie, but to come with their questions and concerns, and talk to Josh Fox about this complex and potentially divisive issue,鈥 said Spencer Peavey, 魅影直播 State College director of student activities and orientation.
In the debate over energy resources, natural gas is often considered a "lesser evil." While it does release some greenhouse gases, natural gas burns cleaner than coal and oil, and is in plentiful supply. But a new boom in natural gas drilling, a technology of high-volume, horizontal hydraulic fracturing (鈥榝racking鈥), has unlocked a veritable 鈥楽audi Arabia of natural gas鈥 just beneath us. But is fracking safe?
When filmmaker Josh Fox was asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarked 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 v茅rit茅 travelogue, part expos茅, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, part showdown鈥攖hat is GASLAND.
Filmmaker Josh Fox comes to 魅影直播 State to talk about , his Sundance award-winning documentary on the surprising consequences of natural gas drilling. Fox's film鈥攊nspired when the gas company came to his hometown鈥攁lleges chronic illness, animal-killing toxic waste, disastrous explosions, and regulatory missteps.
He warns that the lessons learned in Dimock, PA, should not go ignored in New York.
"Energy companies [are] coming in where they can take their resources out, but it's up to the citizens to deal with the pollution later," Fox has said. 鈥淲e will be continuing to do the work necessary to have the film seen as much as possible and to offer the Gasland team鈥檚 expertise as we move forward,鈥 he added.
GASLAND will be broadcast on HBO through 2012.