Fracking, Plastics, Methane Emissions and the Gas Lobby
Channel: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Date: 2020-05-12

Fracking, plastics and the climate - the still widely unknown nexus and its implications for the European Green Deal


Thu, 07. May 2020
The Deutsche Umwelthilfe, Food & Water Action Europe and the Heinrich Böll Foundation are organizing a two-part online debate series “Fracking, Plastics, Methane Emissions and the Gas Lobby”. Guest speaker will be, among others, Prof. Robert Howarth from Cornell University, USA. 

1st online debate:

Fracking, plastics and the climate - the still widely unknown nexus and its implications for the European Green Deal

Date:         Thursday, 7 May 2020 

Time:         16:00 – 18:00 CEST 

Plastics cause pollution and health concerns, but also contribute to climate change. Capitalizing on ethane derived from fracked US shale gas, petrochemical firms have teamed up with the fracking industry and have fueled the virgin plastic production at a time when we need to tackle both, the plastic and climate crisis. The first debate in this series looks at the entire life cycle of plastics, with a special focus on the upstream part of it. Why is the industry so greenhouse gas intensive? What do current supply chains mean for transatlantic relationships? What does the EU do to tackle this issue? And what are the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the industry?

Confirmed speakers:

•    Steven Feit, Center for International Environmental Law 
•    Andy Gheorghiu, Food and Water Action Europe
•    Von Hernandez, Break Free From Plastic
•    Martin Hojsík, MEP, Renew Europe
•    Prof. Robert Howarth, Cornell University, USA
•    Jutta Paulus, MEP, The Greens/EFA

Moderation by Lisa Kuch, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union, Brussels


More: https://calendar.boell.de/en/event/fueling-fire-fracking-plastics-methane-emissions-and-gas-lobby


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