Not our house. > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> > Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 07:24:11 -0700 (PDT) > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > >From: "Victoria Kaplan, MoveOn.org Civic Action" <http://www.list.moveon.org/~moveon-help> > >To: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> > >Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 2:56 PM > >Subject: Movie party at your house in where-I-live? > > > > > > > > > >Oscar-nominated filmmaker Josh Fox is teaming up with MoveOn members to screen > >his new documentary Gasland Part IIâ??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 HBOâ??or a friend with HBOâ? > ?to host. Can you host a Gasland > Part II Movie Party in where-I-live on Sunday, July 14? > > > >Host a Movie Party! > Dear MoveOn member,  > >Imagine being able to light your where-I-live 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-outâ??and > dangerousâ??"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 seatâ??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 backâ??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 subscriptionâ??or a > friend with HBOâ??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 where-I-live on Sunday, > >July 14? > >Yes, I'd like to host a Gasland Part II Movie > Party. > >No, I don't have HBO, and I'm not sure I have a friend who does. > > > >Like Josh's first film, which made "fracking" a household word, Gasland Part > >II is catalyzing a movementâ??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 > countiesâ??from Pittsburgh, PA to Mora > County, NMâ??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 neighborsâ??will you join me and > >host a Gasland Part II Movie > Party in where-I-live 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. > >No, I don't have HBO, and I can't think of a friend who does. > >I had the opportunity to preview the film, and it gave me the chills. I grew > >upâ??and my mom still livesâ??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 > frackingâ??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 changeâ??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. > > > >Click here to host a Gasland Part II Movie Party > on Sunday, July 14. > > > >Thanks for all you do, > >â??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