OSU Extension is hosting a community education workshop on shale energy development in Cambridge (Guernsey County) on Nov. 10. Registration costs $10 and is due by Nov. 5. Details and more links here.
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Watch: ‘The best way … is to completely take account of all the costs’
Related to our previous post, Michael Farren, one of three authors of the Swank Program’s recent policy brief on shale drilling, talks about how to prevent a post-boom bust (video, 1:53). Farren is an Ohio State doctoral candidate.
Shale drilling: Avoiding the bust from a boom?
Can Ohio benefit from shale drilling in both the short and long terms? And if so, how? Experts with our college’s C. William Swank Program in Rural-Urban Policy last week issued a policy brief.
Watch: Can microbes help treat fracking waste?
If you missed it last week, Angela Hartsock’s talk called “Microbes in Water Used for Hydraulic Fracturing of Deep Shale for Natural Gas Extraction” can now be seen online (computer slides with narration).
Testing if microbes can treat fracking waste
Can the microbes in fracking wastewater actually be put to use treating that wastewater? Angela Hartsock of the National Energy Technology Lab discusses her work this Friday (March 30). Her talk: “Microbes in Water Used for Hydraulic Fracturing of Deep Shale for Natural Gas Extraction.” It’s a free public seminar sponsored by the Environmental Science Graduate Program. 244 Kottman Hall, 2120 Fyffe Road, on our Columbus campus. Video link to 121 Fisher Auditorium, 1680 Madison Ave., at OARDC in Wooster. Info: 614-292-9762.
Shale gas: Balancing economy, environment?
Ohio State’s next Changing Climate webinar takes place at noon a week from tomorrow (2/15). Topic: “Balancing the Economic Benefits with the Environmental Impacts of Shale Energy Development.” Timothy Considine of the University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources is the speaker. Ohio State’s Climate Change Outreach Team, which has strong involvement by members of our college, is the sponsor. Sign up here. It’s free.
Social impacts of shale gas
Kathy Brasier of Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences speaks tomorrow (12/1) on the social implications of Marcellus shale drilling. You’re welcome to attend in either Wooster or Columbus. The two locations will be video-linked. The School of Environment and Natural Resources, a part of our college, is the sponsor.
Gas drilling’s impact on water
OSU Extension’s Joe Bonnell, who’s program director for watershed management, interviews Penn State water quality specialist Bryan Swistock on the impacts of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on water. Listen.