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5 Events this week from network leaders (and posting more)
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Hello Reader, Now's the time to review and RSVP for events you're interested in attending live. Network events are a chance to meet others, bring questions, share what you're working on, and even network. If you're new to HHN, join tomorrow's Networking Meetup. See all events in our calendar here. ↓
Fracking Waste and Rare Cancer: A Conversation with Justin Nobel (Network Café)Tuesday, July 21 (view details in your time zone) Investigative journalist Justin Nobel joins us for a casual Network Café conversation about his latest investigation for DeSmog and Rolling Stone. Reporting on the ground in Cecil Township, Pennsylvania, Justin found unprotected radioactive oil and gas waste sitting feet from a popular walking and biking trail, in a community where several children have been diagnosed with a rare bone cancer.
Why We Prep: An Enabled Guide to Disaster ResponseWednesday, July 22 (view details in your time zone) 1 in 3 Americans live within range of a potential chemical disaster - but how many of us know how to handle them? Join the People Over Petro Coalition and Break Free From Plastic for a special workshop during Disability Pride Month launching the new, plain-language resource Why We Prep: An Enabled Guide to Disaster Response. Fracking Fuels Data Centers – Protective Buffers Make Communities SaferWednesday, July 22 (view details in your time zone) Join us for a discussion of how the data center build-out proposed for Pennsylvania will be fueled by more fracking and additional gas power plants. Learn how you can be part of an important effort that seeks more protections for communities. How Regulators Could Protect Residents from Radioactive Leachate in Landfills (but are they?)Thursday, July 23 (view details in your time zone) Landfills across Pennsylvania and beyond take in radioactive fracking waste, and the leachate they produce raises hard questions for the communities living with the risk. A lineup of expert presenters covers the science, the health impacts, a Pennsylvania case study and the resources you need to push back on fracking waste. More Events:You can see all the upcoming events in Halt the Harm Network.
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HHN is an online directory, network, and online events calendar for leaders working to protect their communities and environment from the harms of oil & gas industry. Join for updates, to hear about our webinars series, and updates to the network.
Hi Reader, A few days ago I posted a request in the network for photos or examples of clever messaging that communities are using to organize against data centers and got a couple entertaining replies. Thanks to Lynn Handlin for sharing this photo of the World on Fire Department Fire Truck wearing a data center “costume.” We are told that the outfit is complete with annoying sound effects. The truck was accompanied by ERpdx’s theater troop, Zany Bits, also dressed as data centers. 😜 I also...
Hi Reader, This month, we’re celebrating the hard work of leaders in Louisiana: after more than four years of community opposition, a proposed blue hydrogen and ammonia complex with carbon capture in the River Parishes has been cancelled. Carbon capture is a process that uses large, complex industrial equipment to capture some of the carbon dioxide from an industrial source, then move it by pipeline for storage underground. It’s often marketed as a climate fix, but can actually cause a host...
Hi Reader, I’ve been thinking a lot about farming these past couple weeks. The more we look at where data center projects are going, the harder it is to separate the build-out from a much longer history of extraction from rural places. That history begins with plantations. Plantation agriculture turned huge swaths of land toward the production of commodities and wealth for distant markets, relying on enslaved labor and extracting tremendous value from the land. After slavery was abolished,...