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Chicago PSR is pleased to announce our summer webinar on the health and climate change benefits of building electrification (BE). BE promotes use of clean energy rather than natural gas to power buildings, old and new.
Join us for a webinar on Monday, August 2 at 5:00pm Central Time. Our webinar will feature these speakers:
- Emma Hines of RMI will provide an overview of the current state of natural gas use in buildings and how we can switch to clean electricity
- Peter Orris, M.D., M.P.H., Chicago PSR Board President, will explain how indoor air pollution harms our health
- Daniel Robles of the Illinois Environmental Council will update us on legislative action currently in the works to help push Chicago towards a robust BE policy
In the Dark of the Valley, a feature film about the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, a former nuclear and rocket-engine testing site near Los Angeles, will screen at the Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival on August 5th and the Phoenix Film Festival on August 20-22. The film is an in-depth exploration into the site’s long history of cover-ups and negligence by site owners Boeing, NASA, and the Department of Energy. It also tells the harrowing story of how a community of mothers, led by Melissa Bumstead, have dealt with the struggles of childhood cancer and their new found life of environmental advocacy, and features Dr. Bob Dodge and Denise Dufflied of PSR-Los Angeles.
Tickets are $12 and can be purchased here
In the Dark of the Valley, a feature film about the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, a former nuclear and rocket-engine testing site near Los Angeles, will screen at the Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival on August 5th and the Phoenix Film Festival on August 20-22. The film is an in-depth exploration into the site’s long history of cover-ups and negligence by site owners Boeing, NASA, and the Department of Energy. It also tells the harrowing story of how a community of mothers, led by Melissa Bumstead, have dealt with the struggles of childhood cancer and their new found life of environmental advocacy, and features Dr. Bob Dodge and Denise Dufflied of PSR-Los Angeles.
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased here
Speaker: Kristina Marusic
Kristina Marusic will discuss her groundbreaking work on the body burden of chemicals associated with fracking. Marusic published the results of the two-year study on five families in southwestern PA in a report called Fractured: The Body Burden of Living Near Fracking.
When: Tuesday, September 14 at 6:00 PM EST