"What the FRACK is going on?" Unconventional oil and gas activities in Australia

"What the FRACK is going on?" Unconventional oil and gas activities in Australia

Monday, 7 May 2018 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm

From the NT to WA, in SA, VIC, NSW, and of course in QLD, unconventional oil and gas explorers and producers are pressuring Australian communities and governments to allow access to enormous new fossil fuel provinces. But aren’t we urgently meant to be moving away from fossil fuels? Tim Forcey describes “What the FRACK is going on”

Event Location: 
Cuming Theatre, Chemistry Building
Masson Road
3010 Parkville , VIC
Victoria
Speakers

Tim Forcey is a chemical engineer and energy researcher with over 35 years experience in the oil, gas and electricity industries in Australia and abroad. Tim has presented on certain impacts of unconventional oil and gas extraction, and on renewable-heat alternatives to gas, at community events and to local councils, parliamentarians and inquiries in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Canberra, and Darwin.

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