Fracking Doc Coming to PG
Prince George, B.C. – A documentary that sheds a critical eye on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) will be screened at UNBC’s Weldwood Theatre Wednesday night (7pm).
‘Fractured Land’ was co-produced by Vancouver based filmmaker Damien Gillis (and Fiona Rayher), and comes on the heels of the film’s award-winning run at the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) where it claimed Best BC Film and the VIFF Impact Canadian Audience Award.
“It’s a story of a young Aboriginal lawyer from northeast B.C. where his family hails from,” says Gillis, who was raised on Vancouver Island and has family in the Peace . “They find themselves in the middle of some of the biggest oil and gas operations in the world.”
He says the film looks at water and energy issues, the job promises, the trade-offs and potential consequences on the land and climate “through the perspective of this young lawyer.”
Gillis says the screening, which will be co-hosted by the Prince George Public Interest Research Group, will be followed by a discussion with him on LNG, fracking, and BC’s energy economy.
He’s been touring the film around the province and says his goal is “to ignite a deeper debate amongst the public as we come up to another election year.”
“The last one (election) was really based on big promises around LNG and so these are really important topics that need to be discussed further,” argues Gillis.
“Because it’s not just about saying no to one industry it’s where are some of the alternative solutions we can put forward.”
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There is no doubt that fracking is a serious problem along with plastics in the ocean, etc;
Its debatable if we can or will actually do anything about it, other than talk, talk, talk. Seems we have this idea that if we talk about a subject we have somehow solved the problem. Fact of the matter is, if the talk is not followed up by action then nothing happens.
There are many ways that we can stop this madness of over polluting and over populating this world, however at this point in time it appears that we are floating in a sea of mediocrity and are unwilling to take the necessary action to make some meaningful changes.
We have literally thousands and thousands of high paid politicians, and civil servants who seem to do nothing but maintain the status quo. One could go so far as to say that in fact they are more supportive of industry than the average citizen, and that makes them part of the problem as opposed to part of the solution.
Whens the last time you seen, or heard, a politician or major civil servant take a stand on any issue.???
Whens the last time you seen, or heard, a politician or major civil servant take a stand on any issue.??? Andrew J. Weaver , BC MLA , yesterday .
Palopu you left out multinational corporate greed as a major driver.
the national film board had an interesting presentation on fracking… pretty scary stuff…poisoning water and causing all kinds of other stuff to living things.
but it seems the oil companies bottom line comes before the rest of us and our health.
I think there’s a fair bit more involved than just, “…the oil companies bottom line.” Like the continuance of the whole economy in a manner that still seems like it’s working ‘financially’. For most people anyways. We have a bad habit of seemingly wanting to make the ‘figures’ ~ you know, those numbers with the dollars signs in front of them, the ones that are supposed to only REFLECT the physical ‘facts’ ~ more important than the ‘facts’ themselves. So, as long as we’re going to continue to do that, don’t expect things like fracking to end anytime soon.
Have a look at the CBC story of the earth quake this morning in Alaska . The houses are just fine after the 6.8 quake . Except for the ones that are blowing up . Natgas , not clean and not safe .
Didn’t see anything about the houses that are “blowing up” in that story, Ataloss, though some were evacuated as a precaution until the gas lines could be checked for leaks. But then if you had an earthquake like that it really wouldn’t matter what you heated with, there’s always the possibility of danger. Chimneys crack, wood stoves move, oil tanks can leak, electric services can come down or short out, even windmill-generators could fall over.
I stand corrected, seems one house did explode in the latest version of it. But the other dangers from alternate heating sources are still present nevertheless.
This from the EPA on fracking
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/06/04/breaking-epa-fracking-poses-no-widespread-systemic-harm-to-drinking-water/
But hey that will go against the brainwashed dogma. Critical thinking totally lacking in the school system. Universities a convenient non thinking collective audience just absorbing the dogma with no thought.
Palopu where is the gas for your gas generation going to come from?
Folks no one is forcing you to use hydrocarbon products of anykind, just move into the bush and wear skins. Oh wait not nice to kill for survival.
Plastic garbage can be an issue but where oh where are those islands of plastic?
The plastic over time does breaks down and is eventually eaten by microbes, the same microbes that eat naturally seeping oil.
All it takes is a little research to find the whole story. Get past the dogma.
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en if you had an earthquake like that it really wouldn’t matter what you heated with, there’s always the possibility of danger. Chimneys crack, wood stoves move, oil tanks can leak, electric services can come down or short out, even windmill-generators could fall over . All true cred . But the thing with gas , any flamable gas . You have to ask yourself one question , how far can you run in a millisecond ? I hope that none of us live to see a repeat of the San Francisco earth quake . The quake killed very few people . The gas fuelled fire storm killed most of the victims . The next time could be Vancouver . That would dwarf the S.F quake/fire .
if the fact that water used in the process can never be put back into the table does`nt faze you,Can you please leave a not saying …I TOLD YOU SO!!!!! to your children and grand children who will probably die if thirst on a planet almost completely cover by water.
Vulger the ice caps are melting, lots of water. LOL
Inconvenient truths about plastic and fracturing
http://fabiusmaximus.com/2015/12/18/are-we-choking-the-ocean-with-plastic/
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/11/07/waterless-fracking-promises-more-energy-less-trouble/
Seamutt. We have plenty of natural gas for use in natural gas generating plants. What we don’t need is the huge amount of fracking to supply gas to multinational companies who sell it to other Countries.
Time we looked after ourselves 1st. Flooding the Peace River Valley and prime farm land to generate a piddly assed amount of electricity to generate some short term jobs just doesn’t cut it anymore.
Time for Canadians and especially those in BC to grow up and become responsible.
If you have to have Government spending to create jobs, than at least spend the money on infrastructure, highways, ferries, bridges, ports, water, sewer, etc; etc;. Flooding good farm land for power is about as stupid as you can get.
Wow pal you do get it . Q. Do you know why there are no copper refineries in B.C. A. We couldn’t possibly use all that copper , we are all ready wired .
Short term jobs, since when is construction short term jobs? Construction is continuous here there everywhere. I have friends in construction and they have never been out of work.
Look at the area of the valley to be flooded, then look at the total agricultural area of the Pease, the valley, kind of tiny.
Infrastructure, well site c, pipelines, LNG are all infrastructure. Yes it can be argued to export gas or not but don’t get sucked into fracturing misinformation. I can see all the indoctrinated up the hill nodding their heads in collective agreement to the BS being fed to them. Not one critical thinker in the bunch with enough thought to what they are being told is true or not.
seamutt, those that are opposed to LNG being exported would rather have China continue to burn COAL! After all, the pollution in China and the high CO2 emissions will be in China, not here, haha!
Oh, hey, wait a minute, isn’t China on the same planet as us? Gee, I think that maybe we should sell them our far cleaner burning natural gas while we all try to figure out a reasonable, rational, reliable, and cost effective alternative! That won’t happen overnight but it will eventually happen!
So far, windmills and solar both have issues and are not the panacea that some on here seem to think they are! Site C works for me and I suspect that it works for a lot more, in fact the silent majority perhaps!!
Ok, Ataloss, before you pop a gasket, give me your words of wisdom but remember that you are doing so on an energy sucking computer with plastic keys! Don’t forget to put on your rubber gloves first though! Wouldn’t want your delicate pinkies to touch plastic! ;-)
Ataloss, OMG!! Wind Turbines are DANGEROUS!!
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