Where Gas Flaring Is Endangering Communities
The new Flaring EJ feature on the Oil Climate Index plus Gas tool uncovers environmental justice and health risks associated with flaring in the U.S.
Webinar – Flaring Risk Map: Illuminating Environmental Justice Risks Near Oil & Gas Operations with OCI+
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In this webinar, RMI is releasing the Flaring Risk Map, a new feature on the Oil Climate Index plus Gas (OCI+) web platform that assesses the negative environmental justice impact of oil and gas flares on nearby communities.
The webinar includes three parts:
- An RMI presentation introducing the data analysis methodology, with a walk through of the new feature and an outline of the next steps in analysis and outreach.
- A panel discussion featuring use cases of the tool. Panelists include Jill Johnston, Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences from University of Southern California, and Kayla Lucero-Matteucci, Just Transition Advisor of Economic Development Department of the State of New Mexico, as well as the RMI data analytics team.
- A Q&A session where experts address questions from the audience.
Speakers
Jill Johnston
Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences from University of Southern California
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Kayla Lucero-Matteucci
Just Transition Advisor of Economic Development Department of the State of New Mexico
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PRESENTATION: Flaring Risk Map: Illuminating Environmental Justice Risks Near Oil & Gas Operations with OCI+
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