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Film & Discussion: 'GASLAND PART II'

When

Thursday September 18, 2014: 6:00pm to 8:30pm  Add to Calendar /   Add to Google Calendar

Where

Downtown Library 4th floor meeting room

For Whom

Grade 9 - Adult.

Description

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 that 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 methane, the potent greenhouse gas. In addition the film looks at how the powerful oil and gas industries are in filmmaker Josh Fox's words, "contaminating our democracy."

A screening of the 125-minute film will be followed by a discussion led by the U-M Community Scholars Program, cosponsors of this event. GASLAND PART II is not rated.

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