Saturday, May 18, 2013

GASLAND PART II GRASSROOTS TOUR - FREE TICKETS - TEASER TRAILER


GASLAND PART II Teaser Trailer #1 from JFOX on Vimeo.


ILLINOIS

5/20 -NORMAL, Normal Theater
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour Kickoff
Doors open at 6:30pm
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox

COLORADO

5/22 -BOULDER, Glenn Miller Ballroom on the CU Campus
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox
5/23 -COLORADO SPRINGS, Gallogly Event Center, UCCS Campus
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox.

5/24 -TELLURIDE, Telluride Mountain Film Festival
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5/25 -TELLURIDE, Telluride Mountain Film Festival
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CALIFORNIA

5/29 -SACRAMENTO , The Crest Theater
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
5:30 PM * Reception
6:00 PM * Screening
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox.
5/31 -SANTA BARBARA, Buchanan Hall Room 1910, University of California, Santa Barbara
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox. 
6/1 -MONTEREY, Lecture Forum #102 Monterey Peninsula College
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox.
6/2 -STANFORD, Cubberly Auditorium, School of Education Building
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
12:30pm * Reception
1:00pm * Screnning
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox.
6/2 -OAKLAND, Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox.
6/3 -SANTA CRUZ, Resource Center for Nonviolence
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox.

NEW YORK

6/5 -BINGHAMTON, West Middle School
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Doors open at 6pm.
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox.
6/7 -ITHACA , Alice Statler Auditorium
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox
6/8 -CALLICOON, Callicoon Theater
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox
6/9 -WALTON, The Walton Theatre
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox
6/9 -PLEASANTVILLE, Jacob Burns Film Center
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
6/12 -ALBANY, TBA
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox.
6/13 -SYRACUSE , TBA
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Event organized by NYAF, Frack Action, CCE and Shalesschock CNY
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox.

NEW JERSEY

6/15 -TRENTON, New Jersey State Museum
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox. 
6/15 -TRENTON, New Jersey State Museum
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox.

PENNSYLVANIA

6/17 -BETHLEHEM, Broughal Middle School
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox
6/18 -CAMP HILL, Digi Plex Cinema Center
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox
6/19 -WILLIAMSPORT, Community Arts Center
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox.
6/20 -PITTSBURGH, Soliders & Sailors Memorial Hall
Gasland Part II Grassroots Tour
Followed by Q&A with Josh Fox.



Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Governor Hickenlooper’s COGCC Has Failed To Protect Boulder County From Drilling And Fracking



Boulder, CO – As Governor Hickenlooper prepares to take the stage at the Thursday evening, May 2nd fracking event at the University of Colorado, Boulder, citizens groups allege that the Governor’s Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) has failed to protect Boulder County citizens from the past effects, and imminent future effects, of drilling and fracking.

“Boulder County has already been negatively impacted by drilling and fracking,” said Shane Davis of Fractivist.com.  “Spills, complaints, violations, leaking wells, and ‘unsatisfactory’ inspections have occurred in a large percent of current and past drilling, and the fracking boom hasn’t even started here yet.”

“The State, County, and cities need to better protect Boulder county’s citizens and environment,” said Gary Wockner of Clean Water Action which has thousands of members in Boulder county.  “Governor Hickenlooper’s COGCC rulemaking processes have failed to protect citizens, the State Legislature is only taking baby steps forward, and Boulder County is poised to be fracked.”

In addition to the data that is directly reported to the COGCC and available on its public website (summarized below), citizens groups believe that air quality, wildlife impacts, road impacts, noise and light impacts, and myriad health impacts also accompany fracking across the Front Range of Colorado.

An analysis of data from the COGCC’s own website for Boulder County reveals:
Spills and Releases
  • 40 spills and releases of drilling and fracking liquids have occurred in Boulder County since 1993. Four of those spills occurred in 2012.
  • 14 (35%) of spills and releases caused groundwater contamination.
  • 7 of the spills and releases on COGCC’s website have never been updated to determine if they caused groundwater or surface water contamination.
  •  53% of the spills involved a “berm failure” (the landscape around the well head was breached causing the spill to escape beyond the well head).
Complaints
  • 17 public complaints are on record with the COGCC
Well Status
  • 784 wells of all statuses ( as of 11/24/2012)
  • 169 – (AL) abandoned
  • 108 – (DA) dead and abandoned
  • 14 – (DG) currently being drilled
  • 141 – (PA) plugged and abandoned
  • 306 – (PR) producing/active
  • 2 - (SI) shut in
  • 1 - (TA) temporarily abandoned
  • 4 – (UN) unknown statues
  • 38 – (XX) well location unknown  
Inspections in 2011 and 2012
  • 159 Total inspections occurred in Boulder County in 2011 and 2012
  • 8 reported “leaking wells”
  • 106 inspections were “satisfactory”
  •  51 inspections were “unsatisfactory”
  • 2 inspections were “not reported”
Notice of Alleged Violations
  • 17 Notices of alleged violations on record (NOAV)
Abandoned Waste Pits                 
  • 99 historic toxic waste evaporation pits.  Some in residential areas.

Pending Permits
  • 20 approved drilling applications are waiting for the Boulder County moratorium to lift
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Published On: 
05/01/2013 - 13:25

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