Triple Divide: Free Fracking Film

Drill sites in fracked landscapes

Carolina Nature Coalition in conjunction with Frack Free NC and the River Guardian Foundation are presenting the critically acclaimed documentary, Triple Divide on the subject of hydraulic fracturing or fracking. The showing is scheduled for 6:30PM on Thursday, July 10th, 2014, at Trent River Coffee Company, located at 208 Craven St., New Bern, NC.

Following the film, local expert George C. Matthis, Jr. from the River Guardian Foundation will lead a discussion about what fracking means for North Carolina and our water quality

About the Film

Triple Divide is Public Herald's first investigations into inevitable, negative impacts from shale gas industrial development and how those impacts are handled by the state, specifically the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

Post-drill local drinking water

Triple Divide is said to be the only documentary of its kind capable of speaking to all sides on the controversial subject of hydraulic fracturing, with exclusive interviews from the industry, experts, and Americans suffering in the wake of shale-gas developement. The film is built on cradle-to-grave investigations that attempt to answer the question, "How are state regulations and industry handling impacts from fracking?" The film reveals how water contamination is being covered up by the industry and by the state of Pennsylvania, essentially rewriting water quality history in the United States by dismissing predrill tests. Meanwhile, state regulators are abandoning the public in the wake of shale-gas development.

Through extraction of shale has will one day end, taking many "boom and bust" jobs with it, contaminated groundwater aquifers, polluted land, and stories of victimization will remain. Pennsylvanians, fed up with corruption and destruction, won't "go down" without a fight and are learning how to protect themselves.

Basic diagram of hydraulic fracturing

About George Matthis, Jr.

Mr. Matthis holds a BS degree in Marine Biology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and a MS degree in General Administration from Central Michigan University. As a Certified Public Manager, he served 33 years in numerous technical and managerial positions with the North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural Resources and represented the State of North Carolina on various national environmental committees. He held the executive director position for the Neuse Riverkeeper Foundation before co-founding the River Guardian Foundation. He was appointed to Wake County Open Space and  Parks Advisory Commission and is currently chair of the Water Quality Subcommittee. Mr. Matthis is the recipient of the Old North State Award for his dedication and service beyond expectation and excellence to the State of North Carolina.