Presented by Students Allied for a Green Earth (S.A.G.E)
University Center: Room 275A
| 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Film: "Tar Creek"
Presented by Students Allied for a Green Earth (S.A.G.E) University Center: Room 275A |
| 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
Film: "Tar Creek"
Presented by Students Allied for a Green Earth (S.A.G.E) University Center: Room 275A |
"Tar
Creek" is the story of the worst environmental disaster you’ve never heard of:
the Tar Creek Superfund site. Once one of the largest lead and zinc mines on the
planet, Tar Creek is now home to more than 40 square miles of environmental
devastation in northeastern Oklahoma: acid mine water in the creeks,
stratospheric lead poisoning in the children, and sinkholes that melt backyards
and ball fields. Now, almost 30 years after being designated for federal cleanup
by the Superfund program, Tar Creek residents are still fighting for
decontamination, environmental justice, and ultimately, the buyout and
relocation of their homes to safer ground. As "Tar Creek" reveals, America’s
Superfund sites aren’t just environmental wastelands; they’re community
tragedies, too. Until the community fights back.