LIVE STREAM: FORA.tv to Broadcast Intelligence Squared U.S. Debate Online Sunday, July 1 at the Aspen Ideas Festival: "Is The Natural Gas Boom Doing More Harm Than Good?"

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 29, 2012

WHAT: FORA.tv, the leading online destination for video programs from the world’s best conferences and events, will broadcast the Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US) debate, "No Fracking Way: Is The Natural Gas Boom Doing More Harm Than Good?” Presented in partnership with the Aspen Ideas Festival, the debate will examine the efficacy and environmental concerns surrounding the controversial natural gas extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing (also known as ‘fracking’).

Used to extract natural gas from shale formations, fracking has unleashed vast, untapped sources, but possible contamination from toxic chemicals used in the fracking process has been the source of increasing health and environmental concerns. Can natural gas be part of a clean energy solution, or is it a dangerous roadblock to a fossil-free future?

WHEN: Sunday, July 1 at 6:00 pm PDT

WHERE: The debate will be streamed live at intelligencesquaredus.fora.tv. Following the live event, FORA.tv will offer the debate as a free on-demand program, and the full video and highlights will be available to share and embed.

In support of the motion:

Deborah Goldberg, Managing Attorney at Earthjustice

Katherine Hudson, Watershed Program Director at Riverkeeper

Against the motion:

Joe Nocera, Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times

Susan Tierney, Managing Principal at Analysis Group; Former Assistant Secretary for Policy at U.S. Dept. of Energy

The Moderator: John Donvan is a correspondent for ABC News. In a career that spans more than two decades for ABC News, Donvan previously served as the Chief White House Correspondent, along with postings in Moscow, London, Jerusalem and Amman.

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ABOUT INTELLIGENCE SQUARED U.S. DEBATES (IQ2US)
Rethink your point of view with Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US), Oxford-style debates live from New York City. Based on the highly successful debate program based in London, Intelligence Squared U.S. has presented over 60 debates on a wide range of provocative and timely topics. From global warming and the financial crisis, to Afghanistan/Pakistan and the death of mainstream media, Intelligence Squared U.S. brings together the world’s leading authorities on the day’s most important issues. Since its inception in 2006, the goals of the Intelligence Squared U.S. Foundation have been to provide a new forum for intelligent discussion, grounded in facts and informed by reasoned analysis; to transcend the toxically emotional and the reflexively ideological; and to encourage recognition that the opposing side has intellectually respectable views. Visit http://www.iq2us.org for more information.

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