“Gasland Part II” Screened at UU Fellowship

Gasland Part II will be shown at the UU Fellowship on May 20 at 4:30 pm. In this follow-up to his Oscar®-nominated film Gasland, filmmaker Josh Fox uses his trademark dark humor to take a deeper, broader look at the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the controversial method of extracting natural gas and oil, now occurring on a global level in 32 countries worldwide.

Gasland Part II, which premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, shows how the stakes have been raised on all sides in one of the most important environmental issues facing our nation today. The film argues the gas industry’s portrayal of natural gas as a clean and safe alternative to oil is a myth and that fracked wells inevitably leak over time, contaminating water and air, hurting families, and endangering the earth’s climate with the potent greenhouse gas, methane. In addition the film looks at how the powerful oil and gas industries are, in Fox’s words, “contaminating our democracy.”

Admission is free and the screening will be followed by a discussion. The UU Fellowship is located at 10341 Highway 42 in north Ephraim. For more information call 920.854.7559.