Events

February 15, 2024, 4-6 PM

Settler Colonial Continuities:
The Energy Transition in Indian Country

Speaker: Dr. Andrew Curley, University of Arizona

With a Q & A moderated by Dr. Deborah Cowen

Plus: the launch of a report by Infrastructure Beyond Extractivism, “Greenwashing the Ring of Fire: Indigenous Jurisdiction and Gaps in the EV Battery Supply Chain”

Date: February 15, 2024

Time: 4:00 to 6:00 PM

Location: Helliwell Centre, Osgoode Hall Law School

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Energy transition is a much discussed topic at the global scale, where we see national representatives meeting in faraway places to discuss reducing total carbon emissions at some indeterminate time in the future. But energy transition also plays out at the “local” scale, or among and between communities who are locked into a regional network of energy production.

 Based on previous research on the Navajo coal economy, and building on new findings on oil and gas production in Southern Ute, Dr. Curley will discuss the factors contributing to tribal participation or resistance to the constellation of rhetoric and activities called “energy transition”, arguing that these are largely informed by long- standing colonial inequalities and experiences.
 

Talk will be followed by a reception.

ALL ARE WELCOME.