May 2nd, 2024, Thursday at 4 PM
McKay Auditorium in Beeghly Hall
Youngstown State University
250 W Rayen Ave, Youngstown, OH 44503
Justin Noble will present his book, _Petroleum 238: Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It_, which has extensive local and state connections.
Attendance is free to the public. Get your copy signed.
You can support a local bookstore if you would like to pre-order it:
@leanasbooks https://www.facebook.com/leanasbooks/
4317 Kirk Rd, Youngstown, OH 44511
phone 330-330-8010
Event sponsored by @Buckeye Environmental Network
An acclaimed science journalist's extraordinary seven-year investigation into how the U.S. oil and gas industry has avoided environmental regulations and created a dangerous and radioactive public health crisis.
As Justin Nobel traveled the United States reporting on the oil and gas industry he learned a disturbing and little-considered fact: a lot more comes to the surface at a well than just the oil and gas. Each year the industry produces billions of tons of waste, much of it toxic and radioactive. The fracking boom has only worsened the problem. So where does it all go?
Petroleum-238 provides the shocking answer. Shielded by a system of lax regulations and legal loopholes, this waste has been spilled, spread, injected, dumped, and freely emitted across America. Nobel relies on oilfield workers, community activists, a century of academic research, and a trove of never-before released industry and government documents to lay out a series of game-changing reveals into the world's most powerful industry. None have been more deceived than the industry's own workers, who are suffering mysterious health maladies and dying from unexplainable cancers.
This book is an impressive work of investigative science journalism with surprising moments of literary beauty, and a welcome breakdown of the false wall corporations and politicians often set between industry workers and environmentalists. In the tradition of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Petroleum-238 is both a landmark work of environmental writing and an urgent call to action.
MORE INFO on the book and UPCOMING BOOK TOUR DATES HERE:
https://petroleum-238.blogspot.com/
Contact:
Author: Justin Nobel, [email protected], 985-415-5891
Agent: Karen LeBlanc, [email protected], 347-886-2076
Justin Nobel writes on science and environment for US magazines, investigative sites, and literary journals. He has been published in Best American Science and Nature Writing and Best American Travel Writing. His 2020 Rolling Stone magazine story, "America's Radioactive Secret," won an award from the National Association of Science Writers and inspired this book. Justin's work has helped lead to lawsuits, public dialogue, academic research and been taught at Harvard's School of Public Health.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUGlk_L2Py0
McKay Auditorium in Beeghly Hall
Youngstown State University
250 W Rayen Ave, Youngstown, OH 44503
Justin Noble will present his book, _Petroleum 238: Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It_, which has extensive local and state connections.
Attendance is free to the public. Get your copy signed.
You can support a local bookstore if you would like to pre-order it:
@leanasbooks https://www.facebook.com/leanasbooks/
4317 Kirk Rd, Youngstown, OH 44511
phone 330-330-8010
Event sponsored by @Buckeye Environmental Network
An acclaimed science journalist's extraordinary seven-year investigation into how the U.S. oil and gas industry has avoided environmental regulations and created a dangerous and radioactive public health crisis.
As Justin Nobel traveled the United States reporting on the oil and gas industry he learned a disturbing and little-considered fact: a lot more comes to the surface at a well than just the oil and gas. Each year the industry produces billions of tons of waste, much of it toxic and radioactive. The fracking boom has only worsened the problem. So where does it all go?
Petroleum-238 provides the shocking answer. Shielded by a system of lax regulations and legal loopholes, this waste has been spilled, spread, injected, dumped, and freely emitted across America. Nobel relies on oilfield workers, community activists, a century of academic research, and a trove of never-before released industry and government documents to lay out a series of game-changing reveals into the world's most powerful industry. None have been more deceived than the industry's own workers, who are suffering mysterious health maladies and dying from unexplainable cancers.
This book is an impressive work of investigative science journalism with surprising moments of literary beauty, and a welcome breakdown of the false wall corporations and politicians often set between industry workers and environmentalists. In the tradition of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Petroleum-238 is both a landmark work of environmental writing and an urgent call to action.
MORE INFO on the book and UPCOMING BOOK TOUR DATES HERE:
https://petroleum-238.blogspot.com/
Contact:
Author: Justin Nobel, [email protected], 985-415-5891
Agent: Karen LeBlanc, [email protected], 347-886-2076
Justin Nobel writes on science and environment for US magazines, investigative sites, and literary journals. He has been published in Best American Science and Nature Writing and Best American Travel Writing. His 2020 Rolling Stone magazine story, "America's Radioactive Secret," won an award from the National Association of Science Writers and inspired this book. Justin's work has helped lead to lawsuits, public dialogue, academic research and been taught at Harvard's School of Public Health.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUGlk_L2Py0
Video of press conference April 30 - Justin Nobel featured - Senator Katie Muth joined Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania, author Justin Nobel, and several environmental advocacy groups and impacted residents at a press conference to discuss hazardous waste and worker safety in Pennsylvania. The press conference was held in the Main Rotunda of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building in Harrisburg.
https://youtu.be/7UyKWE4X3fU?si=ybESXusZOgGZP6Jt
https://youtu.be/7UyKWE4X3fU?si=ybESXusZOgGZP6Jt
*Cover design by Sabrina Bedford. Cover photo by https://www.facebook.com/julie.dermansky
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