Gasland
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Movies/TV › Environment/Energy
UPC: 767685236680 / Publisher: Docurama, December 2010
In 2009, when filmmaker Josh Fox learned his rural land was on top of a huge natural gas resevoir and an energy company wanted to lease it for extraction using the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing, Fox crossed the country visiting other extraction sites to reasearch the safety and environmental effects of the process.
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"Part mystery, part travelogue, and part banjo showdown, GASLAND documents Josh’s cross-country odyssey to find out if the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing—or fracking—is actually safe. As he interviews people who live on or around current fracking sites, Josh learns of things gone horribly wrong, from illness to hair loss to flammable water, and his inquiries lead him ever deeper into a web of secrets, lies, conspiracy, and contamination."
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