Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Two Screenings of "Gasland"

This documentary film by Josh Fox explores the disastrous environmental impacts he discovered while researching the effects of drilling for natural gas through the method known as hydraulic fracturing, or "hydrofracking", which has been proposed for many areas in New York State. The film won the Special Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and was a nominee for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards. 

The Mid-Hudson Group Sierra Club will present the film, "Gasland",  at 7 pm on Wed., April 20, 2011, upstairs at the Hudson River Rowing Association boathouse, 270 N. Water St., Poughkeepsie.  A brief discussion and refreshments will follow the screening. (Directions can be found at http://www.hudsonriverrowing.org .)  Admission is free. For more information, call Group Chair Joanne Steele at 845-338-0300 or see the website: http://www.newyork.sierraclub.org/midhudson .

The film will also be shown by the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie on Wednesday, April 27th at 7 pm, at the Unitarian Fellowship, 67 South Randolph Ave in Poughkeepsie. All welcome. Admission is free. For more information, email: office@uupok.org or call (845) 471-6580.

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