Invitation to Extreme Energy Initiative event on Extreme Coal in the UK
The Human Rights Consortium will launch the Extreme Energy Initiative with an event on Extreme Coal in the UK. The event will feature presentations, films and discussion from Aidan Ricketts, author of the recently released Activists' Handbook and activist with the Lock the Gate alliance, the massively successful Australian anti-coal seam gas campaign; Coal Action Network and Frack Off. The event will take place on the 4th September at 6.30pm in room G22/26 (ground floor, Senate House). To RSVP, please email chloe.pieters@sas.ac.uk. Further event details
The Extreme Energy Initiative is the only academic forum in the world to concentrate specifically on the effects of unconventional fossil fuel extraction on society and the environment. The methods and practices of extreme energy extraction are necessarily fast changing as resources deplete and new more extreme methods are developed to try to replace them. The Extreme Energy Initiative hosts conferences, workshops, seminars and short courses, and initiates and facilitate publishing. The initiative brings together scholars, practitioners, policy makers and activists working on issues related to extreme energy production and its human rights implications in order to stimulate discussion and collaboration and enhance relevant policy impact nationally and internationally.
