Shale Country vs. Gasland

The panel discussion shown in the video segments below took place on July 21, 2010 at the Circle Cinema in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was sponsored by the National Energy Policy Institute (NEPI). The panel followed a free public screening of the film Gasland.

Moderator: Jim Roth, Adviser, National Energy Policy Institute

Panelists:
Greg Staple, CEO, American Clean Skies Foundation
Mike Nicholas, Geologist, Groundwater Protection Council
Jim Marston, Director of Energy Program and Texas Regional Office, Environmental Defense Fund
Josh Fox, Director of "Gasland"

EXPLORE

People

Meet the people of Shale Country. Hear their voices. See their faces. To spend just a moment with them is to witness their connection to the land and to each other.

Places

The geography of Shale Country is defined by rock formations that lie thousands of feet below the surface.

You won't find them on Google Maps or MapQuest – at least not yet. But you can trace them all here and locate the communities that lie above. Use this as a road map to America's newest energy frontier and the stories on this site.

Relationships

Want to know who's connected to whom on ShaleCountry.com? Or what they do for a living? This is the place to start. And it's a quick way to get a bird's eye view of the new business relationships that natural gas is creating.

About the Project

America's shale gas "plays" give the country new options for using natural gas to reduce our dependency on oil -- to power trucks and buses, and to generate electricity with 60% less global warming pollution than coal.

But how do the people in Shale Country see things? That is what this web site is all about.