Slick Water is a true-life noir filled with corruption, incompetence, and, ultimately, courage. It is a deeply informative, disturbing, and important book.
-Elizabeth Kolbert, 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winning author of The Sixth Extinction
Andrew Nikiforuk's
Nova Scotia Tour
Join award-winning journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk for a presentation - The Legacy of Fracking: From Earthquakes to Jessica Ernst - based on his recent book Slick Water, a stunning examination of fossil fuel industry and government abuse.
Hydraulic fracturing, a highly disruptive technology, has been presented as a novel innovation and economic boom. But scientific evidence tells a different story of water contamination, seismic activity, landscape industrialization and economic ruin. The harrowing experience of Jessica Ernst further illustrates how government and regulators flaunt the law to protect a powerful industry and its dangerous technology.
Slick Water will be available for sale at the events.
Admission is by donation, except Dalhousie which is free admission.
Nova Scotia Tour
Join award-winning journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk for a presentation - The Legacy of Fracking: From Earthquakes to Jessica Ernst - based on his recent book Slick Water, a stunning examination of fossil fuel industry and government abuse.
Hydraulic fracturing, a highly disruptive technology, has been presented as a novel innovation and economic boom. But scientific evidence tells a different story of water contamination, seismic activity, landscape industrialization and economic ruin. The harrowing experience of Jessica Ernst further illustrates how government and regulators flaunt the law to protect a powerful industry and its dangerous technology.
Slick Water will be available for sale at the events.
Admission is by donation, except Dalhousie which is free admission.
Event Schedule
7pm Sun. September 25
Inverness, Inverness County Centre for the Arts 16080 Highway 19 Community partner: Margaree Environmental Association
7pm Wed. September 28
Shubenacadie, Royal Canadian Legion Hall 42 Mill Village Road Community partner: facebook- Stop Alton Gas
7pm Thurs. September 29
Halifax, Dalhousie University College of Sustainability McCain Bldg., 6135 University Ave. Community partner: Dalhousie College of Sustainability
7pm Fri. September 30
Block House, South Shore Waldorf School 64 School Road Community partners: South Shore Waldorf School & Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter
2pm Sat. October 1st Wolfville, KCIC Auditorium University Avenue, Acadia University Community partner: Acadia University's Environmental & Sustainability Studies
This tour is organized by Peggy Cameron and supported by Dalhousie University's College of Sustainability.
Thank you to our community partners: Friends of Halifax Common, Margaree Environmental Association, Dalhousie College of Sustainability, South Shore Waldorf School, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter and Acadia University's Environmental & Sustainability Studies.
7pm Sun. September 25
Inverness, Inverness County Centre for the Arts 16080 Highway 19 Community partner: Margaree Environmental Association
7pm Wed. September 28
Shubenacadie, Royal Canadian Legion Hall 42 Mill Village Road Community partner: facebook- Stop Alton Gas
7pm Thurs. September 29
Halifax, Dalhousie University College of Sustainability McCain Bldg., 6135 University Ave. Community partner: Dalhousie College of Sustainability
7pm Fri. September 30
Block House, South Shore Waldorf School 64 School Road Community partners: South Shore Waldorf School & Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter
2pm Sat. October 1st Wolfville, KCIC Auditorium University Avenue, Acadia University Community partner: Acadia University's Environmental & Sustainability Studies
This tour is organized by Peggy Cameron and supported by Dalhousie University's College of Sustainability.
Thank you to our community partners: Friends of Halifax Common, Margaree Environmental Association, Dalhousie College of Sustainability, South Shore Waldorf School, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter and Acadia University's Environmental & Sustainability Studies.