Fracking is slang for hydraulic fracturing: the procedure of creating fractures in rock formations by injecting fluid into cracks to force them further open. The larger fissures allow more oil and gas to flow out of the formation.
Come hear a panel of experts talk about where fracking is taking place in Northern BC, its effects and what we can do to try to stop its devastating impact on our water and the environment.
Ben Parfitt is the Resource Policy Analyst at the CCPA-BC. Ben is the author of Fracture Lines: Will Canada’s Water be Protected in the Rush to Develop Shale Gas?, published by the Program on Water issues, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. He is currently preparing a major paper on this topic for the CCPA.
Caleb Behn is a law student currently working at Woodward and Company, who comes from the West Moberly and Fort Nelson First Nations. He will be presenting the ongoing struggle against fracking that indigenous communities are engaged in and address the impact of resource development more broadly, in northeastern BC. He has experience working as a lands manager for the Saulteau First Nation at Moberly Lake and highly values the traditional knowledge passed on to him by his grandparents.
Wednesday March 16th, 7pm
Vancouver Public Library Downtown, Alma Van Dusen/Peter Kaye Rooms
Free Admission
Sponsored by the Vancouver/Burnaby Chapter of the Council of Canadians as part of World Water Day, 2011
www.vancouvercouncilofcanadians.ca
Image credit: Site of a typical fracking operation, Horn Basin British Columbia, with 84 tanks of water (5376 cubic metres) available for fracking. Source: Ecology Action Centre