gasland « TexasVox: The Voice of Public Citizen in Texas

Posts Tagged ‘gasland’

Why Gasland should win the Oscar for best Documentary

Posted in Air Quality, Energy, tagged Academy Award, Barnett shale, gasland, hydraulic fracturing, josh fox, natural gas on February 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I hope you’re going to have a great Oscar night, and while we may all have our favorites for best picture (True Grit was my favorite, but I think The Social Network and The King’s Speech are also very deserving), this year we have one of the most important issues of our time as the [...]

Read Full Post »

Gasland’s Oscar under attack by industry

Posted in Global Warming, tagged Academy Award, gasland, HBO, hydraulic fracturing on February 15, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Industry groups began raising objections to the movie “Gasland” when the documentary first aired on HBO last June. However, they recently stepped up their attacks when Gasland was nominated for an academy award. Energy in Depth, a group representing a coalition of industry groups including the Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Assn. and the Texas [...]

Read Full Post »

“GASLAND” NOMINATED FOR ACADEMY AWARD

Posted in Air Quality, TCEQ, tagged Academy Award, Barnett shale, Documentary film, fracking, gasland, josh fox on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“Gasland,” the documentary film by Josh Fox, that examines whether hydraulic fracturing of shale formations threatens water supplies and poses other environmental hazards, was nominated today for an Academy Award. The movie is a cross-country tour that included visits to people who live near several drilling sites, including North Texas’ Barnett Shale. If you want to [...]

Read Full Post »

GasLand: A Must Watch Documentary

Posted in Energy, Global Warming, natural gas, Renewables, solar, tagged air pollution, Air Quality, documentary, drinking water, faucet on fire, fracking, gasland, HBO, HBO Documentaries, josh fox, Larry King, Larry King Live, natural gas drilling, oil and gas wells, pipe explosion, rig explosion, T. Boone Pickens, water, water on fire, Water Pollution, Water Quality on June 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

A few days ago, Larry King interviewed T. Boone Pickens and if you were watching it, you heard him condemn the spill and the US dependence on oil then he raved about natural gas and how safe it is to drill for it. Pickens is not the first. Many have claimed that natural gas is [...]

Read Full Post »