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A short film from Josh Fox, the director of GASLAND, addressing the urgent crisis of drilling and fracking in New York state.

The Sky Is Pink

By Josh Fox and the GASLAND Team

28 August 12

 

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+8 # brux 2012-08-28 21:43
We have and we need the natural gas. But maybe we need to wait until we find a better way to get at it. We also have a lot more stuff to fix about this country.

Stuff underground has indeed always on occasion migrated into natural water supplies, but does that mean we need to or should allow this to take place all over the country? Plus pumping all these toxics into the water table is just stupid ... BUT the reason our crappy system wants to do this, is because they don't care about the water, they will just sell water to people, thus making another way to TAX people. These are monopolies created to tax people privately so their "taxes" the profits they must pay to corporations don't go the government or the public - the public, the idea of the public, is being destroyed, in favor of these facsist destructive inhuman thieves.
 
 
+2 # michellewey 2012-08-30 19:12
I saw the video interview of Gov. Cuomo at the NY State Fair last week where he made his comment about science not emotion as a criteria for deciding about fracking. He was condescending and dismissive about the anti fracking protests, implying they are no more than a mere nuisance. Based on his political double speak in this video, I believe that his vote to allow fracking has already been bought and paid for. I wonder what the price is for a man to accept responsibility for poisoning the water of the region he governs. I wonder how Tom Ridge sleeps at night. The protests need to be galvanized into a bigger movement that cannot be dismissed by Governor Cuomo. The reason the fracking issue is so high stakes is because its potential to directly and irreversibly negatively impact the health of our planet comes at a moment when it has finally become clear beyond doubt that our planet is no longer able to withstand so much abuse.
 
 
0 # treadlightly 2013-01-04 00:27
I am sitting on top of the Barnett Shale as I write this. Fort Worth, Texas.
My roomie works on these wells.
This is a huge, complicated problem that is going to take an army of dedicated citizens to solve. I seem to recall a lot of talk about alternative energy research and development during our very recent presidential campaign. Will Barack follow though? He needs to.
 
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