UNVEILING THE IMPACTS OF OIL AND GAS EXPORTS
A 5-part webinar series that delves into the detrimental consequences of expanding oil and gas export infrastructure on the Gulf Coast of the United States.
RACIAL INJUSTICES
Wednesday, August 30
1:00pm EST | 12:00pm CST
Speakers
This thought-provoking session aims to shed light on the systemic inequalities and environmental injustices perpetrated by the oil and gas industry. A panel of environmental justice leaders will share their experiences of the far-reaching consequences of oil and gas export infrastructure, including the disproportionate exposure to pollution, health risks, and economic disparities faced by communities of color — as well as potential solutions and strategies to address these racial injustices.
Gwendolyn Jones
Better Brazoria
Michael Esealuka
US Petrochemical Coordinator, Break Free From Plastics
Roishetta Ozane
Director,
The Vessel Project of Louisiana
INTERFAITH PERSPECTIVES
Wednesday, September 6
1:00pm EST | 12:00pm CST
Speakers
Every major faith tradition calls us to act on environmental responsibility. An interfaith panel will share different faith tradition’s central teachings on environmental justice, and why the U.S. cannot continue to build out fossil fuel infrastructure.
Rabbi Jacob Siegel
Climate Finance Advisor, Dayenu: A Jewish Call
to Climate Action
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Imam Saffet Catovic
Director, UN Operations, Justice For All
James Hiatt
Director,
For a Better Bayou
CONSUMER IMPACTS
Wednesday, September 27
1:00pm EST | 12:00pm CST
Did you know exporting oil and gas drives up domestic energy prices, contributing to inflation? Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen's Energy Program, shares how future demand for LNG is uncertain, making each new export terminal a risky investment that only brings us closer to climate catastrophe.
Speaker
Tyson Slocum
Energy Program Director, Public Citizen
INDIGENOUS INSIGHTS
Wednesday, October 4
1:00pm EST | 12:00pm CST
Speakers
For the Indigenous peoples historically traumatized by colonial conquest and subsequent treaty violations, an energy policy dependent upon fossil fuels creates another cycle of destruction. Learn how exporting oil and gas from the U.S. to foreign nations inflicts additional harm.
Frankie Orona
Society of Native Nations
Bette Billiot
Gulf South Advocate, The United Houma Nation
Virginia Richards
MOWA Band of Choctaw
HEALTH IMPACTS
Wednesday, October 11
1:00pm EST | 12:00pm CST
Speakers
All across the country, people living near oil and gas activity are at increased risk of adverse health impacts including childhood asthma, early deaths, and cancer. A panel of health experts will go over the findings of a new study that revealed oil and gas health impacts cost $77 billion per year, and discuss the links between human health and the environment.
Dr. Sarav Arunachalam
Research Professor and Deputy Director, Institute
for the Environment University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
