Saturday, December 29, 2012

PROMISED LAND -- new Matt Damon movie about fracking

http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/movies/promised-land-with-matt-damon-directed-by-gus-van-sant.html    (Everyone should see the documentary GASLAND -- available on streaming Netflix.  If you live in Pennsylvania, upstate New York or central California, Gasland is especially important to view.)

READERS' COMMENTS
I live in a fracking area

I live in Binghamton NY, epicenter of the fracking debate in New York State, and when I drive 10 miles into Pennsylvania, I can see the results of fracking very vividly there: roads crumbling from heavy trucks, 100 feet blue flames shooting out of the tracking sites to burn off the excess gas, and hill tops leveled for drilling derricks. Since Binghamton's water comes from the Susquehanna river that flows through Pennsylvania before coming into New York, the city is now testing the water quality regularly--at taxpayer expense. My mayor is advocating that New York State seek out clean industries such as solar panel companies to help with our depressed economy rather than the terrible economic promise that fracking offers.


– Richard Stoner, Binghamton New York

GOOD EFFORT

Gasland was the sledgehammer. If you've seen Gasland, this movie will serve as a very well intentioned followup that doesn't preach too heavy. Which is why Matt Damon deserves so much credit for trying in almost gentle way to keep this subject up front and in everybody's face. Gasland is 3 years old, and not everyone has seen it, so there's a better chance that this movie will introduce people to the subject, in an almost balanced way. I live in NY, and I've spent 3 years trying to alert everyone I can reach about the dangerous 50,000 wells they want to drill in the upstate watershed, and the threat it poses to NYC's water supply. The best tap water in the country.


– Michael M, New York, NY

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