Lecture series on energy and the environment begins this week

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown State University Lecture Series on Energy and the Environment continues this spring semester with talks by an economist, a journalist, scientists, engineers, activists and a priest.

Five talks will be live in-person, and seven talks will be presented live via Skype.

The free lectures take place at 7 p.m. Wednesdays in Cushwa Hall Room B112.

On-street parking is available on Lincoln Avenue.

For information, contact Ray Beiersdorfer, Distinguished Professor of Geology, at 330-941-1753 or ray@cc.ysu.edu.

The lectures, an * denotes that the lecture will be presented live in person, while a ^ denotes the lecture will be presented live via Skype:

Wednesday*: Patricia DeMarco, Carnegie Mellon University, “Pathway to a Sustainable Future.”

Feb. 3*: Lynn Anderson, Guardians of Mill Creek Park, “Threats to Human Health From Fracking & How One Community Battles to Protect Itself.”

Feb. 10*: Doug Fowler, YSU Physics & Astronomy, “Basic Principles and Techno-Mythology.”

Feb. 17^: Dr. Bernard Goldstein, M.D., University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, “Differing European Union and United States Approaches to Environmental and Energy Issues; Insights From Shale Gas Development.”

Feb. 24^: Richard Wolff, The New School, N.Y.C., “Economic Update on Energy and the Environment.”

March 2^: Kelly Sanders, University of Southern California, “Uncharted Waters? The Future of the Electricity-Water Nexus.”

March 16^: Chris Hedges, Truthdig.org, “Death by Fracking.”

March 23^: Tony Ingraffea, Cornell University, “The Science of Shale Gas/Oil: The Latest Evidence on Methane Emissions and Implications for Energy Policy.”

March 30^: James Rosenblum, University of Colorado Boulder, “Characterization and Treatment of Hydraulic Fracturing Flowback and Produced Wastewater Over Time from Northeast Colorado.”

April 6^: Garth T. Llewellyn, Appalachia Hydrogeologic and Environmental Consulting, “Evaluating a Groundwater Supply Contamination Incident Attributed to Marcellus Shale Gas Development.”

April 13*: the Rev. Bob Bonnot, Christ Our Savior Parish – Struthers, “Laudato si’, Caring for Our Common Home, Creation, the Second Encyclical of Pope Francis.”

April 20*: John Williams, Frack Free Mahoning Valley, “Regulate This! A Case Study of Shale Gas Development in Trumbull County, Ohio.”