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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 19, 2011 2:28 PM<\/p>\n
CONTACT: Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA)<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON – April 19 – T. Boone Pickens and Ted Turner speak at the National Press Club this afternoon. At 10 a.m. ET, a group of environmentalists and scientists are holding a conference call to expose what\u2019s behind Pickens\u2019 plans. For more information, contact: Kate Fried, Food & Water Watch<\/p>\n
Food & Water Watch reports: \u201cCongress\u2019s upcoming consideration of the NAT GAS Act (H.R. 1380) \u2026 would funnel $5 billion in subsidies to the natural gas industry, while making the U.S. dependent on shale gas drilling for a generation to come. \u2026 The process of injecting shale rock with water to extract gas for energy, fracking has been shown to contaminate water supplies. To date, there have been more than 1,000 documented cases of water contamination near drilling sites around the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
A.R. INGRAFFEA
\n Ingraffea will participate in the conference call and is one of the Cornell University researchers who co-authored the recently-published study \u201cMethane and the greenhouse-gas footprint of natural gas from shale formations.\u201d He said today: \u201cWe have a preliminary conclusion that it is possible that the life cycle of natural gas produces more greenhouse gases than the life cycle of other fossil fuels. \u2026 \u2018Natural gas\u2019 basically means methane.\u201d See: \u201cStudy: Fracking May Be More Harmful Than Coal Use.\u201d PDF of study<\/p>\n
JOSH FOX
\n Fox made the film \u201cGaslands,\u201d which has won numerous awards. He and will also be on the 10 a.m. conference call. He said today: \u201cT. Boone Pickens is an just an oil baron turned gas baron trying to game the system into subsidizing his business interests. The Pickens plan does nothing to reduce emissions and would push unregulated toxic gas drilling into overdrive, further contaminating huge areas of the United States. His plan won\u2019t work, not just because it is costly and toxic, but because there are literally millions of Americans living in the drill zones in 34 states who are not willing to have their health, water and air put at risk by drilling. I have seen the strength of the movement against gas drilling all across the United States, it is resilient, smart, democratic, non-violent and adamant in opposing this massive drilling plan.<\/p>\n
\u201cPickens promotes his plan under the guise of clean energy and independence from foreign oil. But his plan is dirty as any fossil fuel and just means more dependence on T. Boone Pickens and his oil and gas buddies. Renewable energy and biofuels are a much better way to go. There are numerous plans that exist today that don\u2019t include risking the permanent contamination of the water supply.\u201d<\/p>\n
For a map of all the areas that T. Boone Pickens would like to drill go to the homepage of gaslandthemovie.com<\/p>\n
MAURA STEPHENS
\n Stephens is a co-founder of the Coalition to Protect New York. She just wrote the piece \u201cMeet the Gas Geezers,\u201d which traces the interests of both Pickens and Turner \u2014 whose talk together today is billed as a \u201cdebate\u201d \u2014 regarding gas and water.
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http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/newswire\/2011\/04\/19-9 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 19, 2011 2:28 PM CONTACT: Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) WASHINGTON – April 19 – T. Boone Pickens and Ted Turner speak at the National Press Club this afternoon. At 10 a.m. ET, a group of environmentalists and scientists are holding a conference call to expose what\u2019s behind Pickens\u2019 plans. … Continue reading Common Dreams.org: Institute for Public Accuracy: Pickens\u2019 Gas Fracking Offensive Debunked<\/span>