Why actor Mark Ruffalo is on the office of Homeland Security's Watchlist

[karadinart]

AVENGERS actor Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/the Hulk) attracted the attention of Pennsylvania’s Office of Homeland Security when he organised screenings for Gasland - which won the special jury prize at this year’s (2011) Sundance film festival, as well as a primetime Emmy for Best Documentary and an Academy Award noimation for Best Documentary Feature - and said he was concerned about the impact of drilling on water supplies.

Gasland, directed by Josh Fox, follows the film-maker as he visits communities in Pennsylvania where natural gas has been drilled. Fox decided to document his trip after a natural gas company wrote to him in 2008 offering to lease his family’s land in Milanville, Pennsylvania for $100,000 (£64,000).

The documentary attracted attention for a particular scene in which a local man shows that he is able to set his tapwater on fire (see 2.25 of video, above). Others claim they are suffering from numerous health issues due – they believe – to their water having been contaminated.

(the Guardian online)

Fox has also released Gasland Part 2 in 2013.