Group of Researchers from UCSB To Attend UN Conference on Climate Change in Poland

Seven researchers, including longtime UCSB professor of Sociology John Foran, UCSB alumni and affiliates Dr. Richard Widick and Emily Williams and current students in the PhD and BA Sociology programs Corrie Ellis, Summer Gray, Jenna Liddie and Natasha Weidner will be traveling to Poland between November 11 and 22 for the United Nations’ 19th Conference of the Parties (COP) on climate change.

FRACKING CONTINUES IN LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST

The oil industry recently completed hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) operations for six more oil wells inside the boundary of the Los Padres National Forest, pumping thousands of gallons of known toxic chemicals into the ground without any public notice or environmental documentation.

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