Freshwater, Fracking, and Climate Doom
Cherry Picking with Alexia Benn
English - October 20, 2021 13:00 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MBSocial Sciences Science political science canada british columbia logging fracking environment oil and gas corporate economics sociology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today on Episode 12 of Cherry Picking we dive right into the petrol tainted freshwater. In case you missed it, Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, is currently under a non-potable water advisory. This situation serves as a starting point to explore the relationship that Canada has with its freshwater supply. Why is water so important? What role has water played, or continues to play, in political discussions?
And why is this relevant?
So many reasons. Like many new technologies and developments, fracking was implemented perhaps a little bit preemptively, with minimal foresight and oversight. Today we'll also be engaging in a comprehensive review of public policy specifically regarding water waste disposal used in the practice of fracking.
Water is life, and when our treatment and practices involving the use of water threatens its quality and quantity, we are threatening our own very existence.
Cheers,
Alexia
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