The School of Public Affairs and Center for
Environmental Policy
Invite
You to Attend
Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic
Fracturing:
Boom or Bane?
Monday, January 28th
4:00-5:30 p.m.
McDowell Formal
Hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) is being debated across
the country with experts disagreeing on the risks and the benefits at stake. Many
debates center on differing opinions policymakers have on how best to protect
human health and the environment. The panel will discuss issues and
challenges faced by the different levels of government (federal, state, local)
in setting and implementing environmental policy for “fracking.” It will
highlight the complexity of the environmental and health risks that must be
addressed, and the difficulty inherent in working out a governance framework
that is protective and fits very different environmental/geological as well as
economic and social conditions. Panelists will include experts from federal,
state and local government organizations who will discuss the governance issues
from their differing perspectives.
The Center for Environmental
Policy, led by Dan Fiorino, aims to improve the nation's ability to address
environmental challenges through effective governance. For more information,
please visit http://www.american.edu/spa/cep.
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