“Climate Health is Public Health: A Night at The Museum of the Earth” – Susan Harris (EdD), NYSPHA and “Gas Stoves: The fracking tailpipe in kitchens creating harmful indoor air” – Carmi Orenstein (MPH), CHPNY
Susan Harris is founder and chair of the New York State Public Health Association’s Climate Committee. She will talk about the effects of climate change on public health. Note that the NYSPHA is holding their annual convention in Ithaca this year. Susan will also discuss this special event held Ithaca as a lead-in to the meeting, Climate Health is Public Health: A Night at the Museum of the Earth. As the inaugural leader of the Climate Committee, Susan has spearheaded significant accomplishments, including: Mobilizing key external partners, such as the New York State Children’s Environmental Health Centers, the Climate and Resiliency Education Task Force, NY RENEWS, The Wild Center, and Third Act; advocating and lobbying alongside students for the passage of a climate change education bill; and creating an engaging and informative Youth Climate Resource Guide.
Carmi Orenstein is co-founder and director of Concerned Health Professionals of New York (CHPNY), now a program of the Science and Environmental Health Network. She will discuss the hazards of gas-fired appliances in the home, focusing on gas stoves, which the group has come to consider the “fracking tailpipe in our kitchens.” She will touch on the contents of the most recent edition of the group’s Compendium, a compilation of scientific studies, reports, and investigative journalism addressing the risks and harms of fracking and its infrastructure. CHPNY played a significant role in the campaign to ban fracking in New York State and continues its work compiling and amplifying the science for our region and beyond, with the aim of informing energy policymaking that is truly protective of health and climate.
Meeting ID: 958 6631 3240
Passcode: NYRocks