Sunday, July 7, 2013

Email I received on 7-7-2013 regarding Josh Fox's Gasland II

Dear Grand Junction MoveOn member,

After a holiday weekend, getting back to your usual grind can be tough—so we wanted to remind you of an opportunity to put something fun on your calendar.
Next Sunday, July 14, we're teaming up with Oscar-nominated director Josh Fox for a special nationwide event to watch his new HBO documentary about the fracking industry—Gasland Part II. After the screening, Josh will join us for a strategy briefing call to talk about how we can grow the movement to put an end to fracking.
Hundreds of movie parties are being planned across the country, but we're still looking for hosts in Grand Junction—so that MoveOn members in your area will have a chance to see this important film. Can you open your home to a Gasland Part II Movie Party in Grand Junction on Sunday, July 14?
What could be better than getting together with a few friends and fellow MoveOn members to watch a movie on a Sunday afternoon, and then strategize about how to take on two of the most powerful industries in the world—and win?
Fracking affects nearly every community in the country—whether gas or oil drilling is happening near you, or fracking waste is getting dumped in your community, or your stove or the bus you take to work is powered by fracked gas. MoveOn members and our allies are fighting back and winning, and this is a great opportunity to learn the latest about fracking and plug into a growing people's movement. 
Thank for all you do.
–Victoria, Manny, Bobby, Rosy, and the rest of the team
P.S. Below is the email from last week, before the holiday blur—read on to find out more about Gasland Part II.
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Josh Fox is teaming up with MoveOn members to screen his new documentary Gasland Part II—a jaw-dropping exposé of the fracking industry. Don't miss this opportunity to learn the truth about fracking and join the national movement that's fighting back. You'll need HBO—or a friend with HBO—to host. Can you host a Gasland Part II Movie Party in Grand Junction on Sunday, July 14?

Host a Movie Party!
Dear MoveOn member,  
Imagine being able to light your Grand Junction tap water on fire.
That's a reality right now in communities across the country as the fossil fuel industry pushes our country into an all-out—and dangerous—"fracking" boom.1
Want to learn more about fracking and how to stop it? We've teamed up with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Josh Fox for a fun, informative, and sobering nationwide event to watch his new HBO documentary Gasland Part II on Sunday, July 14, and you can have a front row seat—in your own living room!
Fracking for gas and oil has been linked to water so contaminated that it catches fire, illness in residential neighborhoods, unusual earthquakes, dead livestock, and tanking property values. And the methane released by fracking is a far more potent global warming gas than carbon dioxide.2
The hopeful news is that MoveOn members are fighting back—and Gasland Part II gives us a powerful new weapon to grow our grassroots movement. That's why hundreds of MoveOn members are signing up to host a Gasland Part II Movie Party on Sunday, July 14.
Hosting a movie screening is easy and very rewarding. We'll provide a host guide with special materials, we'll help you recruit MoveOn members in your area to attend, and we'll invite you to join director Josh Fox and thousands of other MoveOn members for a special briefing after we view the film together. Because the film is only available right now on HBO, you'll need an HBO subscription—or a friend with HBO—to host a movie night. If you don't have HBO, we may be able to match you up with a MoveOn member near you who does.

Will you sign up to host a Gasland Part II Movie Party in Grand Junction on Sunday, July 14?
Like Josh's first film, which made "fracking" a household word, Gasland Part II is catalyzing a movement—and if enough of our friends, families, and neighbors work together, we can build the large-scale movement we need to stop fracking. Since the original Gasland debuted in 2010, dozens of cities, towns, and counties—from Pittsburgh, PA to Mora County, NM—have passed local bans on fracking, and MoveOn members in 30 states have launched campaigns to stop this dangerous new form of fossil fuel extraction.3
Gasland Part II is only available on HBO right now, so if you'd like to host but don't have a subscription, ask your friends or family members who might have HBO to team up with you. If you do have HBO, sign up to help MoveOn members near you have the opportunity to watch this amazing film.
I'm hosting a movie party for my friends and neighbors—will you join me and host a Gasland Part II Movie Party in Grand Junction on Sunday, July 14th?

Yes, I'd like to host a Gasland Part II Movie Night on Sunday, July 14, and I have or can get access to HBO.
I had the opportunity to preview the film, and it gave me the chills. I grew up—and my mom still lives—just a few miles from the largest urban oil field in the country, in Los Angeles, where fracking is happening right now. Neighbors suspect that high rates of cancer are linked to toxic chemicals used in fracking—and they're organizing to stop the fracking from continuing.4
Earlier this week, in his first speech on climate change, President Obama stuck his neck out to reduce carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants, and MoveOn members have applauded him for that. But he also doubled down on propping up the oil and gas industries, even though scientists have shown that extracting and burning gas and oil could be far worse for the climate than coal.5
Banning fracking is the next frontier in the movement to protect our communities and our kids from climate change—and MoveOn members, with Josh Fox, are leading the way.
When people find out the truth about fracking, they rise up to stop it. The MoveOn community of 8 million members has the power to spread the truth, and organize to win.
Thanks for all you do.
–Victoria, Manny, Bobby, Rosy, and the rest of the team
P.S. Check out the trailer for Gasland Part II here: http://vimeo.com/69061416
Sources: 
1. "Fracking's coming boom," Salon, April 24, 2013
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=291186&id=70850-25171046-a0pglKx&t=10
2. "Drillers Silence Fracking Claims With Sealed Settlements," Bloomberg Businessweek, June 6, 2013
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=290800&id=70850-25171046-a0pglKx&t=12
"Campaign to Ban Fracking Heats Up," Culver City Patch, May 17, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=290822&id=&t=10&id=70850-25171046-a0pglKx&t=13
"More Evidence Shows Drilling Causes Earthquakes," Bloomberg Businessweek, April 1, 2013
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=290821&id=70850-25171046-a0pglKx&t=14
"The Fracturing of Pennsylvania," The New York Times, November 17, 2011http://www.moveon.org/r?r=291187&id=70850-25171046-a0pglKx&t=15
"Methane Losses Stir Debate on Natural Gas," The New York Times, April 12, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=291188&id=70850-25171046-a0pglKx&t=16
3. "NY Local Fracking Bans Upheld By Appeals Court," Huffington Post, May 2, 2013
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=291189&id=70850-25171046-a0pglKx&t=17
4. Ibid., Culver City Patch
5. Ibid., The New York Times
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