I think 'Gasland' is the doorway for a lot of people to see something happening in their backyard and realize the national and global implications..

I have to have faith that we're going to succeed in transforming where we get our energy from. The big worry is whether or not we're going to do it b….

In a couple of decades you have half of the wells that are drilled right now, and you're talking about numbers in the millions of wells drilled, leak….

We're not living in a society that science actually dominates the conversation. We're living in a situation where some science is allowed and a lot o….

I don't believe we're only motivated by our own self-interests. Often out of crisis comes this enormous wellspring of generosity and motivation..

I think we're in an era of unprecedented dominance by corporations. I think people understand that deeply; I don't think that's even questioned..

The aquifer [is] the water table people need to keep secure. Nature has this incredible system of water purification under the ground. Ground water i….

When you frack a well, you're exploding methane up into the atmosphere. So, Barack Obama, by supporting natural gas, and also talking about climate c….

The first line in the first Gasland is: “I’m not a pessimist. I’ve always had a great deal of faith in people that we won’t succumb to frenzy or rage….

They're a lot of great scientists and their mission is to protect people. It's the Environmental Protection Agency, but it's really a people protecti….

We are letting the extractive energy industries turn the world inside out..

Natural gas is a bridge fuel. But it's not a bridge - it's a gangplank. It's either a bridge in space or a bridge in time. The bridge in time we don'….

I think that the world is in the middle of a huge transition that we have to make to renewable energy. We have to transition away from fossil fuels v….

When your science runs into a policy roadblock, all of a sudden the science starts to disappear..

We should be moving vigorously towards renewable energy. The technology of which is right here right now..

There's something really happening and really moving, and it's exciting and it makes me very optimistic because it is going to be the engine for how ….

When you live in a watershed area, in a pristine area, and you could watch this whole place fall apart in front of your eyes, you don't sell your sou….

The problem is that everywhere the gas drilling industry goes, a trail of water contamination, air pollution, health concerns and betrayal of basic A….

There are regulations all over the spectrum that have to be done to the existing situation right now. But the only policy that makes sense is a natio….

It's remarkable to watch the president, with all the weight of his ability to command rhetoric with the bully pulpit behind him, make a clear speech ….

When the natural gas industry was knocking on my door, they were knocking on the door of millions of people. And that became something that Americans….