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MEDIA RELEASE: MUNK SCHOOL OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS RESEARCH DEMONSTRATES HOW COLUMBIA RIVER TREATY RENEGOTIATION CAN INCLUDE FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS FUTURE CHANGE
October 21, 2014
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For further information or to request interviews contact:
Adèle Hurley, Director, Program on Water Issues
416-946-8919 powi@utoronto.ca
Water and Hydraulic Fracturing in Canada: Information for Investors and Everyone Else
Event Starts: May 29, 2014 at 8:45 am EDT
Ends: May 29, 2014 at 4:30 pm EDT
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This conference brings together scientists, the investment community, industry, academia and First Nations to discuss key issues relating to shale energy development including the relationship between water risk and hydraulic fracturing, transparency and disclosure to minimize water risks, and the future of hydraulic fracturing in Canada.
Media registration opens at 8:15 a.m. at:
The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility Munk School of Global Affairs University of Toronto 1 Devonshire Place
On Twitter: @powi_munk
For further information or to request interviews contact:
Simon Avery – 416-451-2932 – swja@outlook.com
Event Presentations
Dr. John Cherry – Hydraulic Fracturing: Science versus Propaganda
Recent News Concerning Water and Hydraulic Fracturing
Shakeout Threatens Shale Patch as Frackers Go for Broke, May 27, by Asjylyn Loder, Bloomberg News
Britain Proposes Easier Access to Tap Shale Rock Energy, May 23, by Stanley Reed, The New York Times
America’s Biggest Potential Oilfield is Looking a Lot Smaller, May 21, by Russell Gold, The Wall Street Journal
Write-down of two-thirds of US shale oil explodes fracking myth, May 22, by Nafeez Ahmed, The Guardian
N.C. panel OKs criminalizing disclosure of chemicals in fracking, May 20, The Associated Press
http://www.news-record.com/news/government/article_616c2e9e-e068-11e3-a240-001a4bcf6878.html
EPA Takes First Step Toward Regulating Fracking Chemicals, May 9, by Mark Drajem, Bloomberg News
Fracking Growth Outpacing Scientific Knowledge in Canada: Report, May 1, by Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee
http://thetyee.ca/News/2014/05/01/Frack-Slow-Report/
For B.C.’s First Nations, the true cost of gas fracking is too high, Oct 29, 2013
More Reading on Water and Hydraulic Fracturing
Environmental Impacts of Shale Gas Extraction in Canada, released April 30 by the Council of Canadian Academies:
http://www.scienceadvice.ca/en/news.aspx?id=132
Hydraulic Fracturing & Water Stress: Water Demand by the Numbers, released February by Ceres:
BC LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) A Reality Check, released Jan 17 by Global Sustainability Research Inc.:
http://www.watershedsentinel.ca/files/files/Hughes-BC-LNG-Jan2014.pdf
Hydraulic Fracturing Report Card: Investors Report on Lack of Disclosure by Oil and Gas Companies on Hydraulic Fracturing Operations, released Nov 2013 by Boston Common Asset Management, Green Century Capital Management and the Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN):
http://www.bostoncommonasset.com/news/FrackingReportCard.php
and
Underground Intelligence,The need to map, monitor, and manage Canada’s groundwater resources in an era of drought and climate change, released June 2013 by the Program on Water Issues: