Director of Gasland arrested

Fri 03 Feb 2012, 10:00am

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The director of the Oscar-nominated Gasland, Josh Fox, was arrested on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., this week. He was charged with unlawful entry after trying to film a hearing in the House Energy and Environment subcommittee called to examine the EPA's findings on fracturing fluids, the subject of his 2010 documentary.

Politico broke the story.

In an official statement, Fox said: "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 EPA's 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.”

Fox’s court date is set for February 15.

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