APA climate change webinar

The American Psychological Association (APA) and ecoAmerica invite you to join for a free webinar on the psychological impacts of climate change.

Thursday, June 26 from 2 – 3 pm ET. Dr. Norman Anderson, CEO of the American Psychological Association, will deliver opening remarks. Then we’ll have the authors of the report  take participants through the report and help them understand how the information in it can be applied in their own climate preparation, mitigation, and communication efforts. The webinar is free and open to the public, although folks do need to register in advance to get the dial-in information.

PSR Webinar: Health and Hydraulic Fracturing

PSR Webinar: Health and Hydraulic Fracturing

– http://www.psr.org/news-events/events/health-and-fracking-3.html

Physicians for Social Responsibility is pleased to invite you to our three-part webinar series on Health and Hydraulic Fracturing.  The webinars, each featuring an outstanding expert in the field, will provide sound scientific knowledge for health professionals and others concerned about the potential harms to health and the environment from unconventional gas and oil extraction.

NEW DATE: Thursday, June 19, 2014, 8:00 pm:

“Health Impacts Reported by Families Residing near Hydro Fracking Operations,” with Poune Saberi, MD, MPH. 

Register Here

Poune Saberi, MD, MPH, is an Occupational and Environmental Medicine physician and has more than ten years of clinical experience as a primary care doctor and public health specialist. She serves on the board of directors of Physicians for Social Responsibility Philadelphia and on the National board of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Dr. Saberi is a member of Climate 911, and volunteers as a content advisor for the organization, Protecting Our Waters.

She is currently working on several projects related to health and hydro fracturing operations in the Marcellus Shale funded by Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Saberi graduated with her medical degree and Masters of Public Health from Tufts University.

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antibiotic overuse training

Protecting Antibiotics:
How Health Care Can Prevent Antibiotic Overuse in Animal Agriculture

Purchasing: Success Stories and Strategies for Hospital Food Service
June 24, 2-3:30pm EST

Registration link

The last webinar in this series will focus on hospital meat purchasing, and how over 200 hospitals in Health Care Without Harm’s network across the nation are buying less meat and/or more sustainable meat. Dan Henroid, MS, RD, from UCSF Medical Center’s Nutrition and Food Services will describe the Medical Center’s efforts at finding and procuring meat that has not been produced with non-therapeutic antibiotics. Charlotte Furman, MS, RD, in Food and Nutrition Services at the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) will highlight UWMC’s recent sustainable pork and poultry purchasing policy. Diana Rice, RD, of Meatless Mondays will talk about the health benefits of sustainable meat and how it is possible to meet nutrition requirements with reduced meat options. 1.5 CPEUs (for Dietitians)

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View our archived first webinar online: Foundations: Emerging Science, Farm Practices, and Federal Policy.
View our archived second webinar online: Clinical Advocacy around Antibiotics: From Resolutions to Policy Engagement.

For more information about HCWH’s Healthy Food in Health Care program, visit:

http://www.healthyfoodinhealthcare.org/

USCAN Webinar: What’s in the EPA Proposal to Cut Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants?

USCAN Webinar: What’s in the EPA Proposal to Cut Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants?

Friday, June 6, 2014
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

As directed by the President in his Climate Action Plan a year ago, EPA is issuing proposed standards for reducing carbon pollution from existing fossil-fuel power plants, the source of a third of U.S. total greenhouse gas emissions.

This briefing for USCAN members and allies brings together three top experts on the Clean Air Act and the carbon pollution standards to discuss and dissect the proposal. We may also be joined by a senior EPA official. We have scheduled the briefing to take place a few days after the expected rollout date (June 2) to allow time for our panelists to review the draft standard thoroughly.

Presenters:

* David Doniger, Director, Climate & Clean Air Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
* Gabriel Pacyniak, Institute Associate, Georgetown Climate Center
* Joanne Spalding, Managing Attorney, Sierra Club
* Senior EPA official (invited)

https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/723528303

Webinar: Health and Hydraulic Fracturing

Webinar: Health and Hydraulic Fracturing
http://www.psr.org/news-events/events/health-and-fracking-3.html

June 19, 2014

Physicians for Social Responsibility is pleased to invite you to our three-part webinar series on Health and Hydraulic Fracturing.  The webinars, each featuring an outstanding expert in the field, will provide sound scientific knowledge for health professionals and others concerned about the potential harms to health and the environment from unconventional gas and oil extraction.

NEW DATE: Thursday, June 19, 2014, 8:00 pm:

“Health Impacts Reported by Families Residing near Hydro Fracking Operations,” with Poune Saberi, MD, MPH. 

Register Here

Poune Saberi, MD, MPH, is an Occupational and Environmental Medicine physician and has more than ten years of clinical experience as a primary care doctor and public health specialist. She serves on the board of directors of Physicians for Social Responsibility Philadelphia and on the National board of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Dr. Saberi is a member of Climate 911, and volunteers as a content advisor for the organization, Protecting Our Waters.

She is currently working on several projects related to health and hydro fracturing operations in the Marcellus Shale funded by Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Saberi graduated with her medical degree and Masters of Public Health from Tufts University.

More information »

The Science of Shale Gas

Video: The Science of Shale Gas
Anthony Ingraffea of Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy spoke to the PSR National Board of Directors meeting on the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing.

Potential Health Impacts of Unconventional Gas Extraction

Video: Potential Health Impacts of Unconventional Gas Extraction

Part of PSR’s series of fracking webinars.