2010 National People's Oil & Gas Summit

Join us in Pittsburgh on November 19th and 20th, and meet people affected by oil and gas drilling from across the US and Canada. Learn about oil and gas impacts, toxics associated with drilling activities, how natural gas fits into the climate change debate, and how to protect yourself and your community.

We are working with the Radisson to reduce the environmental footprint of this conference. Details on how you can help will be included with your Summit registration materials.

Presentations and Discussions will include...

• The BIG PICTURE – where are they drilling, why and who’s next?
• Natural gas, CLIMATE JUSTICE and PUBLIC HEALTH: life cycle impacts of gas
• Hydraulic FRACTURING: Full Disclosure, NO Exemptions
• To lease or not to LEASE; landowner and mineral owner rights
• CLIMATE CHANGE: Beyond coal, oil and gas: what is our ENERGY FUTURE?
• MEDIA: reforming the industry one blog, story, movie and wiki at a time
• Legislate, Litigate, AGITATE: lessons on organizing and civil disobedience

Featured Speakers/Participants...

Lois Gibbs – environmental justice advocate, Love Canal activist, Executive Director, Center for Health, Environment and Justice * Dr. Theo Colburn – world renowned scientist, co-author of Our Stolen Future, President of The Endocrine Disruption Exchange * Wilma Subra – MacArthur Genius Award Winner, chemist, environmental advocate, President of Subra Company * Tony Ingraffea - Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (invited) * Bill McKibben – author, journalist, environmentalist (invited) * Josh Fox – “Gasland” filmaker * Chris Cziksentmihalyi – Director, MIT Center for Future Civic Media * Abrahm Lustgarten – ProPublica investigative journalist (invited) * Andrew Nikiforuk – Canadian journalist and author * Mark Ruffalo – actor, FRACKING activist (invited) * Jim Fitzgerald – Professor of Sociology, Fort Lewis College, Colorado, gas-field activist * TXSharon –Texas OGAP Organizer and Blogger * John Fenton - affected landowner, Pavillion Wyoming * Wes Gillingham – Program Director, Catskill Mountainkeeper * Activists and citizens from Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Canada.

Presented by...

(click here for summit sponsorship info)

• EARTHWORKS’ Oil & Gas Accountability Project
• Arkansans for Gas Drilling Accountability
• Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition
• Catskill Mountainkeeper
• Dallas Area Residents for Responsible Drilling
• Damascus Citizens for Sustainability
• Downwinders At Risk
• Environmental Working Group
• Fort Worth CAN DO
• Native Action
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Northeast Ohio Gas Accountability Project
• Park Foundation
• PennEnvironment
• Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and Air
• Powder River Basin Resource Council
• San Juan Citizens Alliance
• Texas Oil and Gas Accountability Project
• Wise County (Texas) Alliance for Responsible Drilling
• West Virginia Surface Owners’ Rights Organization
• Wyoming Outdoor Council

* REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 1 *

But you may want to register soon, since we only have space for 200 conference participants. As space is limited, priority will be given to citizens dealing directly with oil and gas development.

Registration fee
The registration fee is $120 for citizens and non-profit or government representatives, $1,000 for industry and corporate participants. The cost of registration includes breakfast, lunch and group dinners on both days.

Lodging
EARTHWORKS has reserved a block of rooms at the Radisson Hotel Pittsburgh Green Tree. Call the hotel directly with your reservation, 1-800-333-3333. Rates are $83 single, double, triple or quadruple occupancy if you register on or before October 28, 2010.

If you would like to cut costs and share a room, but don’t have a roommate, we can try to pair you up. Contact us directly before booking your room.*

Scholarships
A very limited number of travel and lodging scholarships will be available in cases of economic hardship. Scholarship applications must be made by Oct. 1 by contacting Earthworks Oil and Gas Accountability Project.*