Green Renter: Water Under Attack: Marcellus Shale, Natural Gas and the Future of New York City’s Drinking Water. With James Simpson, Deborah Goldberg, Kate Sinding, and Molly Gandour

May 18, 2009
7:00 pmto8:30 pm

Panel Participants:
James Simpson (Riverkeeper),
Deborah Goldberg (Earthjustice),
Kate Sinding (NRDC),
Moderated by Molly Gandour (producer, Water Under Attack).

Over the past year a growing number of New Yorkers have become increasingly concerned by plans to exploit the enormous untapped natural gas reserve known as Marcellus Shale that terminates along the state’s Southern Tier. Escalating concerns about the potential ecological and human health toll that would result from increased air and water pollution appear to be well founded given the recent experiences of other regions that have been the site of gas exploitation that employed similar processes.

When filmmaker Josh Fox learned that natural gas drilling was coming to New York City’s watershed, as well as to his hometown in Milanville, PA, he got in his car and drove across the US to find out the effects of the recent drilling boom out west. The product of his journey is the soon to be completed feature length documentary Water Under Attack.

This 90 minute presentation will include a sample of clips from the film, and a discussion led by a panel of experts and advocates who are directly involved in grassroots activism to engage citizens and policy makers and to open up public debate on the project.

Link to movie website:www.waterunderattack.com

RSVP (required!): greenrenter@solar1.org, 212 505 6050


Posted on Monday, May 4th, 2009 at 5:32 pm | Tagged in Solar One Events | posted by SolarOne

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