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As California takes steps toward carbon capture & carbon pipelines, what do decision-makers need to know about health & environmental risks.

Live webinar for the California State Legislature & State Agencies hosted by Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles featuring: Jack Willingham (Emergency Management Director in Yazoo County, MS, site of the Sataria Carbon Pipeline accident), Dr. Ted Schettler (Science & Environmental Health Network), Amanda McKay (Pipeline Safety Trust), and Lupe Martinez (grassroots environmental justice activist from Delano, CA, Moderated by Martha Dina Arguello, Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles.

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 August 3, 2023 12pm-5pm EDT 

6 Months After the Train Derailment: What's it like to live in the impacted area? What do we know? What remains unknown? And how do we prevent future disasters like this? SEHN Science Director Dr. Ted Schettler is moderating a panel of researcher to answer the questions above. This virtual symposium will examine how life has changed for the people of East Palestine and nearby communities six months following the catastrophic train derailment; review the available science, what we still don’t know, and what is needed to bridge the gap; examine policy options to prevention future disasters, ensure that polluters are held responsible, and protect communities and workers; and develop plans for coordinated action. Participants will break into subgroups to identify action steps and priorities to support impacted communities and reduce the likelihood of similar events in the future.

Exposure assessment is a core element of risk assessment, which is used as the basis for regulatory decision making on chemicals in the US. Exposure assessment systematically fails to provide realistic information to policymakers, leading to underestimates of risk and inadequate regulation. 

In this webinar, SEHN board member Dr. Bhavna Shamasunder will explain the problems with current approaches to exposure assessment, and will describe ways in which EPA could improve its approach in the short term.

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Before her landmark book “Silent Spring” catalyzed the modern environmental movement, Rachel Carson was internationally celebrated as a “poet of the sea” for a trilogy of prescient books about the world’s oceans—their beauty, fragility, and immense consequence for life on earth. Writer and biologist Sandra Steingraber, editor of a new LOA edition, joins LOA for a free online talk and Q&A about these lyrical and deeply personal classics of American science and nature writing.

“To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be.”—Rachel Carson

We thank our promotional partners: 350.org; Breast Cancer Action; Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency; Jodi Solomon Speakers Bureau; the Maritime Aquarium; Mongabay; the Rachel Carson Council; the Society of Environmental Journalists; Terrain magazine.

Navigating the Demand for Antimicrobials in Building Products
Oct 12, 12:00 pm ET
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8916316457831/WN_MZSwenIST2yUxVrJh2VWBQ

Ted Schettler MD, MPH, Science Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network, will be speaking at Navigating the Demand for Antimicrobials in Building Products.

Description: In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and fielding mounting pressure to add antimicrobials to building products in an effort to protect public health, concerned manufacturers reached out to green building experts and academic researchers to learn more about the science of antimicrobials and what to do. The outcome of those conversations was a joint statement intended to spark a conversation about the use of added antimicrobials in building products and a call to action for upholding a precautionary approach and using evidence-based approaches to protecting human health.

Co-hosted by mindful MATERIALS, the Green Science Policy Institute, and Healthy Building Network, this panel is intended to deepen that conversation. While the statement summarizes the major health and environmental concerns raised by adding antimicrobials to building products when they are not necessary for product preservation, we know that many in industry will have practical questions about how to address this complex issue. In response, speakers from the healthcare sector and manufacturing industry have been invited to present their take on this often confusing topic. Attendees will also be invited to submit their own questions for further discussion.

What: Briefing on Carbon Capture and Storage
When: Friday September 17th, 10:30—12:00 central time
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jqxgkHxzQU-piGikDbyy3g 

Please join us for a one and a half hour briefing on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). CCS is being touted as a climate solution. In this webinar, a leading climate scientist and engineer, a biologist, a physician and a community organizer will describe the hazards and risks associated with plans of the fossil fuel industry to capture, transport and store CO2. Is it really a climate solution? How does it work? What are the economics and who is paying for it? Is this the best alternative? What do we need to know to make informed decisions about climate change?

If you are in government, the media or an interested member of the public, this briefing will help you evaluate the claims made about CCS.

Speakers:

Mark Jacobson is Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Woods Institute for the Environment and of the Precourt Institute for Energy.

Ted Schettler, M.D. and M.P.H., physician and public health scientist, is the Science Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network

Sandra Steingraber, writer and biologist, is a Senior Scientist with the Science and Environmental Health Network

Martha Dina Arguello is the Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility-L.A.

Moderated by Carolyn Raffensperger, lawyer and Executive Director of the Science & Environmental Health Network.

Join us to learn about this *false solution* to our climate crisis, and how the fossil fuel industry is positioning CO2 pipelines and "carbon capture" as their next lifeline to keep drilling and increasing emissions. A Q&A segment will follow the panel discussion.

WHAT: Carbon Capture & CO2 Pipelines: A Pipeline Fighters Hub Briefing
WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 25, 6:00-7:00 p.m. (Central Time)
SPEAKERS:

• Carolyn Raffensperger, Science & Environmental Health Network

• Kert Davies, Climate Investigations Center

• Carroll Muffett, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)

• Jane Kleeb, Bold Alliance & Pipeline Fighters Hub

REGISTER: Sign up to join the video briefing on Aug. 25, and receive a video recording of the program.