Events next week → Industry accountability for oil & gas waste and health impacts


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Among many events coming up, two of them are addressing the harms of radioactive waste, public exposure, and industry accountability.

Now's the time to review and mark your calendar for anything you're interested in.

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.

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Why We Prep: An Enabled Guide to Disaster Response

Wednesday, 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.

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Fracking Fuels Data Centers – Protective Buffers Make Communities Safer

Wednesday, 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.

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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.

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Ryan Clover

Ryan Clover
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