Josh Fox

'Gasland' Sequel In The Works

Posted 05.15.2012

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From Mother Nature Network's Gerri Miller: Two years ago, Josh Fox brought worldwide attention to the energy crisis with his documentary “Gasland...

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Lucia Graves

Pro-Fracking Filmmaker Make His Point In Big Way

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Oil and Gas, Josh Fox, Fracking, Phelim McAleer, Oil and Gas Industry, Gasland, Epa, Hydrofracking, Al Gore, Hydraulic Fracturing, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Irish filmmaker Phelim McAleer, who famously attacked Al Gore over global warming issues, stepped up his support for fracking on Thursda...

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Lucia Graves

Fracking About-Face By USDA Sparks Filmmaker's Criticism

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Josh Fox, Oil and Gas Drilling, Fracking, Hydraulic Fracture, Drilling Leases, National Environmental Policy Act, Hydrofracking, Gaslands, Usda, Green News

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture sparked the ire of hydrofracking opponents Tuesday, when it reversed its plans to require rural housi...

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From the Fracking Front: 5 Noteworthy Narratives

Kyle Rabin | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, President Barack Obama, Fracking, Gasland, Josh Fox, Environment, Hydraulic Fracturing, Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York, Green News
Kyle Rabin

What originated as an industry term (fraccing or fracking) has been co-opted by opponents to hydraulic fracturing much to the industry's chagrin. Industry would love to turn back time and bury that word in a place no one will find it. But the genie is out of the bottle.

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Lucia Graves

Phelim McAleer, Controversial Filmmaker, Launches Grassroots Campaign For Pro-Fracking Film

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 02.09.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Phelim McAleer, the Irish filmmaker who attacked Al Gore over global warming issues, has turned his sights on fracking. Working with his...

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Joanna Zelman

WATCH: Josh Fox On Why He Was Arrested

HuffingtonPost.com | Joanna Zelman | Posted 02.06.2012

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Documentary filmmaker Josh Fox and his crew on Wednesday walked into a congressional hearing on hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," a controversial n...

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Grassroots Advocacy at Its Best

Stefanie Penn Spear | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Josh Fox, Michael Brune, Natural Resources, Grassroots Activism, Fracking, Big Oil, Anwr, America Environment, Green News
Stefanie Penn Spear

The choice is ours. Do we want to continue to pollute the planet, kill ourselves and have no regard for anything wild, or will more people join the grassroots environmental movement and take a stand against corporations that put profits first?

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'Green News Report' - February 2, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.03.2012

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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. Listen online here, or Download MP...

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Arresting Filmmakers... in America?

Robin Bronk | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Josh Fox, First Amendment, Congressional Hearings, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, U.S. Capitol, Politics News
Robin Bronk

Whether one agrees with the views expressed in Fox's films or not, we should all agree that citizens have a right to know and tell other citizens what our elected officials are doing. We shouldn't be arresting documentary filmmakers in America for filming public hearings.

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Zach Carter

WATCH: House Republicans Order 'Gasland' Documentary Director Josh Fox Detained At Public Hearing

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 02.01.2012

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WASHINGTON -- In a stunning break with First Amendment policy, House Republicans directed Capitol Hill police to detain a highly regarded documentary ...

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Protestors Rally Against Fracking In New York City

AP | Posted 12.01.2011

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By Mary Esch, Associated Press NEW YORK -- Gas-drilling opponents including actor Mark Ruffalo and "Gasland" documentary producer Josh Fox called f...

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Occupying the Delaware: Fractivists Call for Responsive Governance

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Governor Markell, Josh Fox, Governor Cuomo, Mark Ruffalo, Fracking, Delware River Basin, Alison Rose Levy, Gasland, Governor Chris Christie, Hydrofracking, Delaware River, Hydraulic Fracturing, Gas Drilling, Green News
Alison Rose Levy

According to a recent Forbes magazine article, Aubrey McClendon, the CEO of Chesapeake Gas, and the chief proponent for fracking, consumes $20,000 bo...

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Interdependence Day 2011

Glyn Vincent | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Gasland, Josh Fox, David M. Steiner, Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, September 11, Interdependence Movement, Governor Howard Dean, Tiffany Shlain, Global Cooperation, Civic Activism, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, New York News
Glyn Vincent

This weekend, the national media focus will be on the September 11 events at Ground Zero in New York City, as well as those commemorations being held ...

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Interdependence Day 2011 on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Josh Fox, Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, Dennis Kucinich, Interdependence, 9/11 Anniversary, Howard Dean, Carol Gilligan, Global Citizens, World News
Benjamin R. Barber

In a world of weapons without borders and diseases without borders and warming without borders and terrorism without borders, we must seek to develop citizens without borders, democracy without borders, and justice without borders.

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Firewater and Fracking: Who Can We Trust?

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Energy, Josh Fox, Natural Gas, T. Boone Pickens, Fracking, Gasland, Slidepollajax, Green News
Dylan Ratigan

Is natural gas Satan or savior in our quest for energy independence? This is not just a technical question, it is a question that cuts to the very heart of what it means to be an American.

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GOP Gov Faces Criticism After Declining To Fire Official For Using Nazi Slur

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett is facing criticism for declining to fire a state official who recently made a Nazi slur, Lancaster Online reports. ...

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Gasland Director Josh Fox Slurred by Pennsylvania Energy Official

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Fox, Gasland, Natural Disasters, Hydraulic Fracturing, Gas Companies, Fracking, Natural Gas, Green News
Alison Rose Levy

Ted Borawski, a geologist, is quoted making an anti-semitic comment about filmmaker, Josh Fox, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary Gasland.

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So When Does the Sputnik Moment Begin?

Susan Deily-Swearingen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Fox, President Obama, New York H20, Gas Drilling, New York City, Dick Cheney, Radioactive, Apollo, Sputnik Moment, Gasland, Nasa, Natural Gas, Energy, Pro Publica, Haliburton, Democracy Now, Frack, Fracking, Barack Obama, New York Watershed, Politics News
Susan Deily-Swearingen

Why do we continue to funnel money into programs like additional gas wells in the New York State watershed instead of embracing newer, cleaner programs like wind and solar?

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Did the Gas Industry Censor the Wall Street Journal?

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Fox, Gasland, Mark Ruffalo, Fracking, Water, Gas Drilling, Environment, Drilling, Oscars, Wall Street Journal, Natural Gas, Oscars 2011, Green News
Alison Rose Levy

When the article was published on Friday night, it was the first time an industry spokesperson deployed a shift in strategy from the industry's standard denials.

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Weekly Mulch: Why Natural Gas Companies Fear Josh Fox, Gasland, and the Oscars

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger The natural gas industry is afraid that Josh Fox, director of the muckraking film Gasland, might win an Os...

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Green Films Going for the Gold

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Fox, The Warriors of Quigong, Waste Land, Fracking, Environmentalism and Art, Academy Awards, Vik Muniz, Jennifer Redfearn, Geefwee Boedoe, Environmentalism and Film, Environmentalism, Ruby Yang, China, Film, Brazil, Carteret Islands, Papua New Guinea, Gasland, Lucy Walker, Let's Pollute, Environment, Hydrofracking, Oscars, Hydraulic Fracturing, Sun Come Up, Green News
Bill Chameides

While the popularity and relevance of the Academy Award ceremony have waxed and waned over the years, movies have remained a good bellwether of America's interests.

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Docu-Drama: Surprises and Snubs for the Best Documentary Oscar

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Tim Hetherington, Restrepo, Fracking, Afghanistan, Lucy Walker, Thierry Guetta, Sebastian Junger, Street Art, Charles Ferguson, Gasland, The Oscars, Oscars Best Documentary, Banksy, Waiting for Superman, Marwencol, Charter Schools, Josh Fox, Inside Job, Waste Land, Rethink Reviews, Jonathan Kim, Movie Reviews, Rethink Interview, Films, Oscars-2011, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

It's a good time to dust off your queue and take a look at some of the best documentaries of 2010 while we can still remember them.

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Playing Dirty: Gasland vs. the Industry

Azita Ardakani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Fox, Gasland, Twitter, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking, Facebook, Oscar Best Documentary, Gasland Oscars, Oscars 2011, Green News
Azita Ardakani

Now that Gasland has made its way to the Oscars and as exciting as that is, the Natural Gas Industry is in full attack mode, doing whatever it takes to tear this nomination apart.

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Is Gas the Solution to Our Coal Problem? Seriously?

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Fox, Gasland, Environment, Chesapeake, Fracking, Mark Ruffalo, Alison Rose Levy, Greenhouse Gases, Water, Health, Green, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Pollution, Coal, Green News
Alison Rose Levy

It would be unfortunate if the environmental community divided itself by making gas the solution to the coal problem. It's entire lifestyle from extraction to use needs to be considered for environmental damage, health risk, and costs.

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The "Inconvenient Truth" Behind Gasland

Bill Shireman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Fox, An Inconvenient Truth, Natural Gas, Al Gore, Environmentalists, Energy Policy, Fossil Fuel, Gasland, Fracking, Green News
Bill Shireman

Demonizing natural gas as no better than coal would not only damage the environment, but severely set back our efforts to protect the climate and put a price on carbon.

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