The Society of Environmental Journalists Presents:

The McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on Shale Oil and Gas Development

Pittsburgh, June 22-24, 2014  

Carnegie Mellon University’s Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation

 

Conference Hotel:

Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center – 100 Lytton Avenue, Pittsburgh; (412) 682-6200

 

Sunday, June 22

5pm-6pm   Reception, Hors d’oeuvres (Rooms 322 and 324 of the Faculty Conference Center, on the first floor of Posner Hall at Carnegie Mellon)

5:45p-6pm   Welcome from Carnegie Mellon University [2] and Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation [3]

(Opening welcome reception and buffet dinner courtesy of Carnegie Mellon)

• Jared L. Cohon [4]; Former President, Carnegie Mellon University, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

6pm-7pm   Informal Panel: “Overview of Shale Gas and Oil Development”

• Terry Engelder [5]; Professor of Geoscience, The Pennsylvania State University
• Scott Perry [6]; Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection – Director, Oil and Gas Division
• Stephen Cleghorn [7]; Pennsylvania farmer opposing Marcellus Shale gas operations

7pm-8pm   Buffet Dinner

 

Monday, June 23

7:00-8:00 a.m.   Breakfast, CMU’s Information Networking Institute (INI) Distributed Education Center

(All panels take place in the INI Distributed Education Center [8] in the Robert Mehrabian Collaborative Innovation Center, located on Forbes Avenue on the Carnegie Mellon campus: 4720 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213   (412) 268-2000)

8:00-9:00 a.m.   Panel 1: “ABCs of Hydraulic Fracturing and Regional Differences”

• Terry Engelder [5], Professor of Geoscience, The Pennsylvania State University
• Anthony Ingraffea [9], Dwight C. Baum Professor of Engineering at Cornell University

9:00-10:00 a.m.   Panel 2: “The ABCs of the Health Impact: What we Know, Don’t Know”

• Bernard D. Goldstein, MD [10], Faculty Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences; Former Dean, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh; formerly with the EPA
• Lisa McKenzie [11], Research Associate, Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado
• Stephen Cleghorn [7], Pennsylvania farmer opposing Marcellus Shale gas operations

10:00-10:15 a.m.   Break

10:15-10:45 a.m.   Sharon Friedman – Journalism Practices discussion

10:45-11:45 a.m.   Panel 3: “Policy, Transparency, Land Development, Infrastructure and More”

• Ben Grumbles, President, U.S. Water Alliance [12]; served as EPA’s Assistant Administrator of Water under President George W. Bush
• Louis D’Amico, President and Executive Director, Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association [13]
• Scott Perry, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection – Dept. Secretary, Oil and Gas Division [14]
• Andrew Place, Corporate Director, Energy and Environmental Policy, EQT Corporation
• Deborah Lawrence Rogers, Executive Director, Energy Policy Forum [15]

11:45 a.m.-Noon   Relax, chat, pick up box lunch for keynote address

Noon-1:00 p.m.   Speaker – Sandra Steingraber [16], Biologist, author, cancer survivor. An expert on the environmental links to cancer and human health

1:00-2:00 p.m.   Panel 4: “Environmental Effects of Shale Oil and Gas Development”

• Mark Brownstein, Associate Vice President, Chief Counsel, U.S. Climate and Energy Program [17], Environmental Defense Fund
• Ben Grumbles, President, U.S. Water Alliance [12]; served as EPA’s Assistant Administrator of Water under President George W. Bush
• Louis D’Amico, President and Executive Director, Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association [13]
• W. Michael Griffin [18], Associate Research Professor, Engineering and Public Policy – Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business; Executive Director, Green Design Institute; Executive Director, Center for Climate and Energy Decision Making
• Anthony Ingraffea, Dwight C. Baum Professor [9] of Engineering at Cornell University

2:00-3:00 p.m.   Panel 5: “Federal, State and Local Legal Landscape”

• John M. Smith, Pennsylvania-based natural resources lawyer for Smith, Butz LLC [19]
• Jason Hutt, Attorney, Bracewell and Giuliani [20]
• John Dernbach [21], Professor, Environmental Law – Widener University
• Mark Brownstein, Chief Counsel, U.S. Climate and Energy Program [17], Environmental Defense Fund

3:00-3:15 p.m.   Break

3:15-4:30 p.m.   Panel 6: “Journalists Roundtable – The Challenges of Covering Shale Development”

• Valerie Volcovici, Reuters
• Bobby Magill, Climate Central [22]
• Kevin Begos, Associated Press, Pittsburgh
• Reid Frazier, Allegheny Front [23]
• Bob Downing, Akron Beacon Journal
• Tim Puko, Wall Street Journal, Energy reporter

4:30-5:30 p.m.   Pitch Slam: Journalists talk to editors

• Jennifer Szweda Jordan; Host and Managing Editor, Allegheny Front [24]
• Brian Hyslop; Business Editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [25]
• Jim Parsons; WTAE-TV [26]

5:30-6:00 p.m.   Campus Tour

6:00-7:25 p.m.   Reception and tour, Phipps Conservatory’s “Center for Sustainable Landscapes [27]”

7:30-9.p.m.   Dinner – ‘The Porch at Schenley [28],’ 221 Schenley Drive  (412) 687-6724

 

Tuesday, June 24

6:00-7:00 a.m.   Breakfast at Wyndham Hotel – bagels, yogurt, fruit

7:00 a.m.   Bus departs hotel for Fracking site tour, airport drop-off

1:00 p.m. (Noon for those with early flights)   Fellows dropped at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)

 

 

This Specialized Reporting Institute on Shale Development [29] was made possible by a grant from

The Robert R. McCormick Foundation [30]

SRI agenda chairs: Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Carolyn Whetzel, Bloomberg BNA

SRI project manager: Dale Willman, Society of Environmental Journalists

Beth Parke, Executive Director, Society of Environmental Journalists
PO Box 2492, Jenkintown, PA USA 19046
215-884-8174   sej@sejorg   http:www.sej.org [31]