Blue Box Seminar

Friday, Nov. 29, 3-4:30 p.m.

SN-2025

Description: Green hydrogen as a new extractivism?

Éric Pineault is a professor at the Environmental Sciences Institute and Sociology Department of UQAM.

This presentation examines green hydrogen projects in Québec and the development of hydrogen-based infrastructures worldwide. What is the political economy and ecology behind this push for hydrogen production? How intertwined with fossil capital is the push to develop green hydrogen production ? What forms of extractivism are tied to green and not so green hydrogen production?

Gender equality in Wind-to-Hydrogen projects: The Ultimate Hide-and-Seek Champion,

Dr. Camille Ouellet Dallaire is an assistant professor and program chair of Environment and Sustainability at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University.

This presentation will focus on wind-to-hydrogen in Newfoundland and the more than 2000 wind turbines that are moving through the NL provincial environmental assessment process. A key question is who will benefit from these projects, beyond shareholders. I will present the current state of wind-to-hydrogen on the island with a cumulative assessment lens and draw from critical geography to investigate how gender equality is and is not presented.

Presented by Departments of Geography and Political Science

Event Listing 2024-11-29 15:00:00 2024-11-29 16:30:00 America/St_Johns Blue Box Seminar Description: Green hydrogen as a new extractivism? Éric Pineault is a professor at the Environmental Sciences Institute and Sociology Department of UQAM. This presentation examines green hydrogen projects in Québec and the development of hydrogen-based infrastructures worldwide. What is the political economy and ecology behind this push for hydrogen production? How intertwined with fossil capital is the push to develop green hydrogen production ? What forms of extractivism are tied to green and not so green hydrogen production? Gender equality in Wind-to-Hydrogen projects: The Ultimate Hide-and-Seek Champion, Dr. Camille Ouellet Dallaire is an assistant professor and program chair of Environment and Sustainability at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University. This presentation will focus on wind-to-hydrogen in Newfoundland and the more than 2000 wind turbines that are moving through the NL provincial environmental assessment process. A key question is who will benefit from these projects, beyond shareholders. I will present the current state of wind-to-hydrogen on the island with a cumulative assessment lens and draw from critical geography to investigate how gender equality is and is not presented. SN-2025 Departments of Geography and Political Science