Bibliograph

Gasland, Can you light your water on fire?, an International WOW Company production in association with HBO Documentary Films present ; produced by Trish Adlesic, Josh Fox, Molly Gandour ; written and directed by Josh Fox

Type

Label

Gasland, Can you light your water on fire?, an International WOW Company production in association with HBO Documentary Films present ; produced by Trish Adlesic, Josh Fox, Molly Gandour ; written and directed by Josh Fox

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Main title

Gasland

Oclc number

670755115

Responsibility statement

an International WOW Company production in association with HBO Documentary Films present ; produced by Trish Adlesic, Josh Fox, Molly Gandour ; written and directed by Josh Fox

Runtime

106

Sub title

Can you light your water on fire?

Summary

In 2009, Delaware River Basin native Josh Fox was presented with an interesting proposal: lease his family lands to a natural gas company for a new method of drilling called hydraulic fracturing, and get a check for $100,000. He wouldn't have to do anything but sit back and collect the money. Curious about the process, Fox embarks on an exploration of other areas where natural gas drilling was already in progress, to observe firsthand any potential downsides. In Dimock, Pennsylvania, a town surrounded by fracking activity, he hears stories of wells exploding, black water, flammable drinking water, headaches, pains, long-term sickness. Fox goes on to tour 25 states, cataloging an endless string of frustrated and sick Americans whose land has become toxic and explaining the legislation pushed through by former vice president Dick Cheney, exempting energy companies from key environmental acts--exemptions that make fracking invisible to any regulation or monitoring. Fox becomes an advocate for the cause of the people whose complaints are ignored by the natural gas corporations and the American government. The film documents the pitfalls and perils--borne of avarice of the most bloodless, ruthless kind--of the largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in American history, with the potential to poison millions

Table Of Contents

Bonus scenes: Arkansas section -- Dr. Al Armendariz -- The air over Fort Worth continued -- Weston Wilson extended interview -- Tour of hell -- Theo Colborn extended interview -- Texas compressor stations -- Texas Sharon -- Wilma Subra extended interview; (48 min.)

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Can you light your water on fireGas land

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