Rick Perry, U.S. Secretary of Energy, keynote speaker at UTA’s ‘Responsible Shale Energy Extraction’ Conference tomorrow as part of Earth Day Texas 2017

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U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry is keynote speaker at UTA’s “Responsible Shale Energy Extraction” Conference April 20-21 at Fair Park in Dallas, as part of Earth Day Texas. Secretary Perry’s speech is scheduled for April 21, 9:10 – 9:30 a.m. A full schedule of the conference can be seen here. 

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry is keynote speaker at UTA’s “Responsible Shale Energy Extraction” Conference April 21-22 at Fair Park in Dallas, as part of Earth Day Texas.
Secretary Perry’s speech is scheduled for April 21, 9:10 – 9:30 a.m. A full schedule of the conference can be seen here.
This free event, chaired by UTA’s Collaborative Laboratories for Environmental Analysis and Remediation or CLEAR lab, will feature presentations by Scott Anderson of the Environmental Defense Fund, Scott Tinker of the Bureau of Economic Geology and Katharine Hayhoe of Texas Tech University, who has been named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People for her work as a climate scientist and communicator.
“We believe that it is important to host a variety of perspectives at a venue like Earth Day Texas where we can have honest discussions about the strengths and weaknesses of shale energy extraction,” said Kevin Schug, UTA’s Shimadzu Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry and director of the CLEAR lab.
“Our goal through this conference is to facilitate new collaborations that will have a positive impact on the environment,” he added.
The event will also feature roundtable discussions, and live technology demonstrations covering a wide range of topics, including the detection and remediation of environmental contamination events, the management of light pollution and induced seismicity and the intelligent recycling of brackish and waste waters for commercial applications.
“With our knowledge of the relationship between shale energy extraction and the environment continuing to grow, so too does our need for new partnerships to help ...

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