Flaring Risk Map: Illuminating Environmental Justice Risks Near Oil & Gas Operations with OCI+

In this webinar, RMI is releasing the Flaring Risk Map, a new feature on the Oil Climate Index plus Gas (OCI+) web platform that assesses the negative environmental justice impact of oil and gas flares on nearby communities.  

The webinar includes three parts:  

  1. An RMI presentation introducing the data analysis methodology, with a walk through of the new feature and an outline of the next steps in analysis and outreach.
  2. A panel discussion featuring use cases of the tool. Panelists include Jill Johnston, Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences from University of Southern California, and Kayla Lucero-Matteucci, Just Transition Advisor of Economic Development Department of the State of New Mexico, as well as the RMI data analytics team.
  3. A Q&A session where experts address questions from the audience.

Time: 12:30 – 2:00

Location: Virtual

Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024