Association-sponsored event showcases documentaries painting natural gas drilling in positive light “Gasland” wasn’t one of the films previewed at American Petroleum Institute’s “fracking film festival” July 19, but it was the most talked about movie of the evening. The Oscar-nominated documentary, by activist Josh Fox, details what he claims are the environmental and human costs of drilling for natural gas using hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” API obviously disagrees, so the festival showcased “the other side of the story you may have not have heard,” said API CEO Jack Gerard before the show. About 300 industry reps, congressional staffers and a smattering of… Read More