Josh Fox on The Ed Show: "GOP Tramples Free Speech" 02-01-12 – Video

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01-02-2012 23:29 "...A big EXCLUSIVE tonight on The Ed Show: Academy-award nominated documentary filmmaker Josh Fox (Gasland) and his crew were arrested today for filming an open House committee hearing on fracking because Republicans didn't want him there. Fox comes on the show and tells us what happened tonight!..."- ed.msnbc.msn.com Statement from Josh Fox: I was arrested today for exercising my first amendment rights to freedom of the press on Capitol Hill. I was not expecting to be arrested for practicing journalism. Today's hearing in the House Energy and Environment subcommittee was called to examine EPAs findings that hydraulic fracturing fluids had contaminated groundwater in the town of Pavillion, Wyoming. I have a long history with the town of Pavillion and its residents who have maintained since 2008 that fracking has contaminated their water supply. I featured the stories of residents John Fenton, Louis Meeks and Jeff Locker in GASLAND and I have continued to document the catastrophic water contamination in Pavillion for the upcoming sequel GASLAND 2. It would seem that the Republican leadership was using this hearing to attack the three year Region 8 EPA investigation involving hundreds of samples and extensive water testing which ruled that Pavillion's groundwater was a health hazard, contaminated by benzene at 50x the safe level and numerous other contaminants associated with gas drilling. Most importantly, EPA stated in this case that fracking was the likely cause. As a ...

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Josh Fox on The Ed Show: "GOP Tramples Free Speech" 02-01-12 - Video