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Tuesday, May 21st, 2024
Networking and Arrival: 5:45 PM
Presentation: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Barrel Room at Rogue Eastside Pub. Appetizers provided!
Rogue Eastside Pub and Pilot Brewery
928 SE 9th Ave, Portland, OR 97214
TOPIC: Environmental justice in renewable energy transitions
Given the pressures of climate change, energy systems are under transition, with new infrastructures and technologies proposed on a regular basis. Despite the necessity of decarbonization, these projects often encounter controversy at a local scale, including claims of environmental injustice and green colonialism. Renewable energy infrastructures and related extractive activities may unevenly impact communities through localized impacts to surface and groundwater quality and quantity, as well as impacts to lands and cultural resources. This talk uses several case studies to examine environmental justice issues associated with energy transitions in the Western United States.
Presenter
Alida Cantor, PhD. Portland State University
Dr. Cantor is an Associate Professor of Geography at Portland State University. Her research focuses on water governance, resource management, environmental law and policy, and environmental justice, mostly in the US West.
For questions please contact needobaj@ohsu.edu
Past Forums
April 2024 Forum: Oregon Emerald Ash Borer Program. Christine Buhl, PhD. Oregon Department of Forestry. Link to PDF.
March 2024 Forum: Oregon Clean Fuels Program Updates Technical Luncheon. Co-hosted with Air & Waste Management Association, Oregon Chapter
February 2024 Forum: HERE THERE BE DRAGONS (or Functional Equivalents) - Navigating the Unmapped NPDES Permit Process for Groundwater Discharges to Surface Water. James Peale, RG, LHG at Geosyntec
December 2023 Forum: Leah K. Feldon, Director of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
October 2023 Forum: Assessment of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Emissions from the Portland Harbor Superfund Site into the Atmosphere. University of Iowa, Portland Harbor Community Coalition
September 2023. Dry Lakes: A visible result of anthropogenic changes to water distribution across the globe. Dr. Katie Kolesar, Air Sciences Inc.
May 2023. The Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub and the Big One. Svetlana Lazarev and Mike Kortenhof, Oregon DEQ
April 2023. Lithium Mining in Oregon. Dr. Ruarri Day-Stirrat, State Geologist of Oregon
December 2022. Iceland - Land of Fire and Ice and Incredible Environmental Awareness . Dr. Scott Burns, Geology Professor, Portland State University
September 2022: Mapping Exposure Pathways of Diesel Pollution in the Context of Environmental Justice and the Built Environment. Dr. Vivek Shandas, Portland State University
May 2022: Update on COVID-19 surveillance in wastewater, Christine Kelly, Professor, Oregon State University
April 2022: The Largest Habitat Restoration Project in the Lower Columbia River, Chris Collins, Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership
February 2022: Reducing Emissions from the Ground Up: Learning from a Salem Building Project that Slashed its Carbon Footprint, Jordan Palmeri, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
December 2021: PDX Next: Environmental Sustainability in the Expansion and Modernization of PDX Airport, George Seaman - Port of Portland
October 2021: Climate Change and What it Means for Oregon, Erica Fleishman - Oregon Climate Change Research Institute
September 2021: Portland Harbor: From Remedial Design to Remedial Action, Madi Novak - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
May 2021: Hydrogen: A Primer on this New, Novel, and (Potentially) Revolutionary Energy Source, Jamie Daggett - DNV
April 2021: Tracking COVID-19 in Wastewater, Dr. Tyler Radniecki - Oregon State University
February 2021: Wildfires in Oregon: Post-fire erosion, monitoring and debris flows, Dr. Bill Burns - Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
December 2020: Grape smoke exposure from wildfire and impacts to Oregon wine, Dr. Elizabeth Tomasino - Oregon State University
November 2020: Closing Oregon’s only coal plant: What it takes and how to replace this energy resource, Christopher Bozzini - Portland General Electric
October 2020: Visions of Sustainable Worlds in Popular Culture, Martin Brown - Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
June 2020: Packing a Punch: Using small hydrogrel beads loaded with bacteria to clean contaminated groundwater, Dr. Lewis Semprini - Oregon State University
May 2020: Antarctica: What science and tourism in the most remote place on Earth are teaching us, Dr. Scott Burns - Portland State University
February 2020: Current Research in Oregon on PFAS, Dr. Jennifer Field - Oregon State University Field Laboratory, Dr. Elena Nilsen - USGS Oregon Water Science Center
December 2019: Living Sustainably Through the Holidays....and Beyond!, Minal Mistry - Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
October 2019: Building Resilient Community Infrastructure in the Face of Climate Change and Seismic Threats, Nishant Parulekar & Nicholas McCullar - City of Portland Environmental Services
September 2019: Portland Harbor Superfund Site – Moving Forward to Cleanup, Sean Sheldrake - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency