Gasland the Movie and The Oscars

[John Mayo]

You don't have to throw a party, but it would be great to send an
email to Pres Obama after the Oscars (see below). If you haven't gone
to the Gasland website, give it a try.
Thanks,
John Mayo.

Gasland. OSCAR NIGHT!

NOMINATED FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY

FEB 27, 2011. WORLDWIDE.

Root for GASLAND to win! Write to

President Obama to guarantee a win for

public health!


Host a Gasland Oscar party on

Feb. 27th


This is the perfect occasion to have our collective voices heard by
the President. We want to generate 50,000 letters to the President on
Oscar night urging him to support the FRAC Act and a National
Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing.


Letter to the President


We’ve written a sample letter to President Obama for You. Copy and
paste the text below and print out copies for your guests so that they
can be mailed immediately post Oscar. Pre-address and stamp some
envelopes, have your guests write and sign the letters and mail them
in right away. In addition to the letters you send in contact the
President by email during the show at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact.
We really hope you’ll do both actually, so that we can have as much
impact as possible.

Here’s our Sample Letter To The President:


President Barack Obama

The Whitehouse

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, D.C. 20500


Dear President Obama:


I am writing to you today to express my deep concern regarding the
threat caused by Hydraulic Fracturing to the environment and to the
health and well being of the citizens of the United States of America.

Hydraulic Fracturing is a new, unsafe method of drilling for natural
gas that injects millions of gallons of toxic fluids and synthetic
petroleum based drilling mud directly into and under drinking water
aquifers. Thousands of documented water contamination cases across the
country point to a massive failure to protect public health over the
last five years in the midst of the largest onshore natural gas
drilling campaign in US History.

There has been an inadequate amount of study investigating the impact
on either the environment or the tens of thousands of families that
are living amidst roughly 450,000 gas wells across 34 states.

I am grateful to know that the EPA has begun an initial study to
examine Hydraulic Fracturing but in light of the fact that this study
will not be completed until 2012, I continue to be fearful of the
ongoing effects of what is largely an ungoverned and potentially
perilous practice.

In your April 2008 address in Scranton, PA, you stated that you
believed Hydraulic Fracturing should be subject to the Safe Drinking
Water Act. Therefore, we will expect your full support for passage
of the FRAC Act, which would re-regulate the process of Hydraulic
Fracturing under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Finally, on behalf of myself, my family and my fellow citizens I
respectfully call upon you, your administration and the Congress of
the United States to impose an immediate moratorium on the practice of
hydraulic fracturing across the United States until such time as these
practices have been unequivocally proven to pose no threat to the
environment or the citizens of the United States of America.

Sincerely,


Let’s Get This Party Started.


We’ve made a brief guide to help you plan and execute a stellar Oscar
party.

Questions? Contact:

scree...@gaslandthemovie.com


At 8:00 P.M. EDT on February 27, 2011 GASLAND will be among the
nominees for Best Documentary Feature at the 83rd Academy Awards™ in
Los Angeles. We can’t take everyone to the Oscars but we want
everyone to join the celebration and take action to stop hydraulic
fracturing by hosting a Gasland Oscar party.

We want you to invite your friends and family over to watch the
ceremony together and to take immediate action to urge Congress and
President Obama to support the FRAC Act and a national moratorium on
Hydraulic Fracturing.


Here are some ways to get started:

1) Invite your guests via email, phone or listserv. Tweet about it
(our hashtag is #gaslandmovie) create a Facebook Event (& join our
Facebook fan page), use Evite or MyPunchbowl to make an invitation and
manage RSVPs in one place.

2) The better the snacks, the better the party. In the spirit of
supporting environmental sustainability, purchase ingredients from
your local farmer’s market or plan a group potluck made up of dishes
with local ingredients. To cut down on waste, do not use disposable
cutlery or plates and have a recycling bin visibly placed in your
home.

3) At 8PM EST tune into the show on ABC and cheer on Gasland.

4) Have a computer accessible so your guests can immediately write to
and email the President, join the Gasland fan page on Facebook and
sign up for our e-mail list. Hand out the pre-printed letter to
President Obama to your guests, collect the completed letters and mail
them right away.

5) The day after, send a thank you e-card to your guests with links to
our partner organizations.


Let's continue to work on protecting our

land, water and air! Keep it up America -

You are making a difference!

Josh Fox,

And the GASLAND Team





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