acadia u lunch time presentation give to students on unconventional natural gas extraction (fracking)

1. Fracking Nova Scotia:
Why we should be concerned
Presentation by Heidi Verheul & Gretchen Fitzgerald
Sierra Club Canada-Atlantic Canada Chapter
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Acadia Unviversity Wolfville, NS

2. We are risking our health, our environment, &
our economies.

4. Toxic in, Toxic Out
The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX)
www.endocrinedisruption.com/files/Multistatesummary1-27-11Final.pdf page 3.

6. https://www.agronomy.org/publications/jeq/abstracts/40/4/1340

7. Radioactivity?
Fracking sand used in New Brunswick are known to contain radioactive beads.
Fracking Sand Spill in NB in 2006:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2006/10/02/nb-spill.html
Rock formations in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are known to contain uranium and
radon.

10. Onshore Leases
http://www.gov.ns.ca/energy/resources/RA/maps/onshore-petroleum-agreements.pdf

11. The risks are real and scientifically documented.

12. Sierra Club Canada Atlantic Chapter’s Position
Nova Scotia should stop handling hydraulic
fracturing waste from New Brunswick (and
elsewhere).
Legislated ban on hydraulic fracturing in
all of the Atlantic Provinces.
Investment in energy
conservation, sustainable transportation
options, and community based renewable
energy sources moving towards a
sustainable
healthy economy.

13. Many Questions,
Few Answers,
& Lots of Discussion

14. What Can I do?
•Join us! Become part of Sierra Club’s Water Committee
•Form local team to take
part in education,
research, and political
action.
•Take part in provincial
lobbying day (Mid-March)
•Organize an Earth Day
Picnic
Donate so we can take this campaign further!

15. Thank You!
Dr. Martin Tango with his help in organizing
This event (Emma Hebb for putting us in
touch at the food court!).
Acadia University for the space.
And to you for coming out to learn more
about this issue!
(All the photos in this presentation were taken of the
Chiganois River, of its tributaries, or of life on its banks.)