Debra Winger Launches Controversial Gasland DVD

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:00:00 +0000

When Josh Fox was asked to lease his Pennsylvania acreage for natural gas extraction, he wanted to know more about the drilling process before signing over any rights. His research led him to other American communities that have been devastated by the industry, and compelled him to make the award-winning independent documentary Gasland in order to expose it.

The Gasland website reveals worrisome information about horizontal hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, where highly pressurized water is pumped into wells in order to fracture the shale to allow natural gas to flow out:

“Fracking requires one to seven million gallons of water to free up natural gas. The water is infused with 596 chemicals, including known carcinogens, biocides and components such as radium, uranium, mercury, benzene, lead elements, diesel fuel, methanol, formaldehyde, ethylene, glycol, glycol ethers, hydrocholoric acid and sodium hydroxide. This caustic concoction is “fracking fluid”. So, one to seven million gallons of fracking fluid is pumped 8,000 feet below the earth’s surface with an estimated 30% to 70% of it being left in the ground."

Meryl Streep And Friends Speak Truth For Charity

Thu, 06 May 2010 13:30:00 +0000

A host of stars including Meryl Streep, Viggo Mortensen, Paul Sorvino, Julianne Moore, Marcia Gay Harden, Debra Winger, Stanley Tucci and more took part in a special charity performance of Speak Truth To Power: Voices From Beyond The Dark on Monday night.

The reading was performed at the Public Theater in New York City. Originally a book written by Kerry Kennedy, “SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER” was adapted by playwright Ariel Dorfman for Monday night’s performance in order to raise money for Habitat For Humanity’s Relief Efforts in Chile.

The play chronicles the true-story accounts of heroic people withstanding horrific human rights abuses across the globe, and was presented by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights – established by Kerry Kennedy in 1988.

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