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.

When you're cornered, there are two things you can do: move or fight.

Every single dollar spent lobbying a legislator on behalf of oil and gas is a toxic dollar that undermines public health and safety laws that protect Americans. That's contamination of the political system.

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

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 nationwide moratorium: no new fracking, no new fracked wells.

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