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Better Path Coalition Hosts April 19 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing With Justin Nobel On His New Book About Radioactive Waste From The Oil & Gas Industry

The Better Path Coalition is hosting an April 19 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing with author Justin Nobel on his new book-- Petroleum-238: Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It-- from Noon to 1:00 p.m.

Nobel’s book explores the question of where all of the toxic, radioactive waste the oil and gas industry produces goes.

His seven-year investigation took him across the United States where he found that the waste had been spilled, spread, injected, dumped, and freely emitted by an industry shielded by a system of lax regulations and legal loopholes.

Justin Nobel writes on science and environment for US magazines, investigative sites, and literary journals.

His 2020 Rolling Stone magazine story, "America's Radioactive Secret," won an award from the National Association of Science Writers and inspired his latest book, "Petroleum-238: Big Oil's Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It."

Justin's writing has helped lead to lawsuits, public dialogue, academic research and been taught at Harvard's School of Public Health.

Click Here to register for this special program.

You can view past briefings online.

Visit the Better Path Coalition website to learn more about its programs and initiatives. Better Path is a statewide coalition forging a better path to a clean renewable energy future and a government that is responsive to its people.

Resource Links - Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste:

-- DEP: Potential For Environmental Impacts From Spills Or Leaks Of Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste Materials Is Real; Health Dept. Not Aware Of All Chemicals In Oil & Gas Wastewater Making Risk Assessment Difficult [PaEN]

-- Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: We've Got Enough Compelling Evidence To Enact Health Protective Policies For Families Now [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 24 to 30 - Radiation Levels Prompt Shale Gas Wastewater Tank Decontamination; Replugging Conventional, Shale Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- DEP Reports Shale Gas Operations Sent Over 138,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2022 - Over 911,000 Cubic Feet Since 2017 [PaEN]

-- Republican Rep. Krupa Introduces HB 1656 To Ban Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Wells To Protect The Public From Radioactive, Toxic Materials [PaEN]

-- DEP Issued Air Quality Permit For Leachate Evaporation System At Westmoreland Landfill With Special Radiation Monitoring Due To The Disposal Of Shale Gas Drilling Waste [PaEN]

-- DEP Releases Final Guidance On Handling Radioactive Waste From Unconventional Shale Gas Drilling Operations [PaEN]

-- Liberty Twp., Citizens Group Appeal EHB Decision On Permit For Tri-County Landfill In Mercer County Over Threats Posed By Birds, Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste [PaEN]

-- EPA, West Virginia Officials Working To Secure Fairmount Oil & Gas Wastewater Processing Facility To Prevent Release Of Radioactive, Hazardous Materials [PaEN]

-- Earthworks: Rolling Stone Article Links Oil & Gas Waste Radioactivity To Worker Cancers, Wastewater Trucks Operating Illegally [PaEN]

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