Wednesday May 20 12pm PST
Zoom panel discussion on Orphan wells, tailing ponds, fracked water: How big is the toxic legacy of oil and gas?
RSVP on Zoom: https://bit.ly/OilWebinar-Part2
The federal government recently announced that they would spend $1.7 billion to clean up orphan wells. Many people started asking questions like: How big is the mess that oil and gas is leaving behind? What is the full cost of cleaning it up? And why aren’t the polluters picking up the bill?
Speakers:
Regan Boychuk – Reclaim Alberta
Ben Parfitt – Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
*Plus more to be announced soon*
Vienna Degrowth Conference May 29-June 1, online and free https://politicalecologynetwork.org/2020/05/05/vienna-degrowth-conference-on-strategies-for-social-ecological-transformation-online-and-free/#more-4260