Events

Environmental History Seminar

Legacy Pollution Issues in Energy Development: The Cases of Manufactured Gas and Natural Gas

Joel Tarr, Carnegie Mellon University
Patrick Malone, Brown University
Tuesday, April 14, 2015, 5:15PM - 7:30PM

This paper will present two case studies concerning the environmental impacts of past energy transitions and their legacy. The cases will focus upon the manufactured gas industry with Massachusetts examples and conventional natural gas development in western Pennsylvania.