Are you ready for hydrofracking in your community? If a gas developer with a lease in hand knocks on your door, do you know the risks and know your rights?
A new grassroots hero in Appalachia named Josh Fox helps fellow citizens understand some of these issues in his documentary, Gasland:
The Tennessee Clean Water Network will host a free screening of this award-winning documentary this coming Monday, February 21st, in Knoxville. For more information go to the Facebook event page for the Gasland screening, or click on the event link in the sidebar.
Over the next few months I will be posting article links as well as more detailed blog posts about oil and gas development in Tennessee and other states. In a future post, I'll tell you about a public hearing in Knoxville on Tuesday, February 22nd, and other events in Tennessee where you can learn more, discuss the issues, or voice your concerns and opinions.
Here are some links with information on issues associated with gas and oil well drilling -- and the practice of hydrofracking -- that have citizens across the United States and Canada so concerned:
Sign a petition to ask the state of Tennessee to protect citizens, communities and watersheds from negative impacts of oil and gas well drilling.
Sierra Club's Natural Gas Reform page.
Tennessee Clean Water Network's hydrofracking page.
State of Tennessee Oil and Gas Well Permitting page.
Earthworks Oil and Gas Accountability Project page.
USGS page on oil and gas resources.
Riverkeeper's industrial gas drilling page.
ProPublica's home page for the series Buried Secrets: Gas Drilling's Environmental Threat.
Gasland: A film by Josh Fox -- action page and information about the documentary.
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