"Strengthening Environmental Justice Research and Decision Making: A Symposium on the Science of Disproportionate Environmental Health Impacts"- http://www.epa.gov/ncer/events/#mar1710 & http://www.scgcorp.com/envirjusticesym/
Live webcast- http://www.scgcorp.com/envirjusticesym/webcast.asp Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 9:34 PM Symposium to Strengthen Research and Policy on Environmental Justice CONTACT: Dave Ryan [email protected] 202-564-7827 202-564-4355 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 16, 2010 EPA Hosts Symposium to Strengthen Research and Policy on Environmental Justice The opening session and all plenary sessions will be Webcast live WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a three-day symposium in Washington , D.C. on March 17-19 to look for opportunities to better assess and address environmental justice in environmental policy and regulatory decision making. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Peggy Shepard, Executive Director for WEACT for Environmental Justice will speak at the opening session of the symposium on March 17 starting at 8:30 a.m. Leaders from across the country including researchers, academics, policy-makers, non-governmental organizations, government officials, tribal leaders, Environmental Justice activists and community experts, among others will participate in this discussion. Administrator Jackson has made promoting environmental justice and expanding the conversation of environmentalism one of the seven key priorities of her tenure at EPA. The principles of environmental justice uphold the idea that all communities – particularly minority and underserved communities – deserve the same degree of protection from environmental and health hazards, equal access to the decision-making process and a healthy environment in which to live, learn, and work. ***Credentialed media who would like to attend the opening plenary, please RSVP with Dave Ryan at [email protected]*** WHO: Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Senior EPA officials Community leaders Research and academics Policy makers Government leaders Tribal leaders WHAT: Strengthening Environmental Justice Research and Decision Making: A Symposium on the Science of Disproportionate Environmental Health Impacts WHEN: March 17-19, 2010. Administrator Jackson will speak at the plenary session on Wednesday, March 17, 8:30 a.m. EST WHERE: Walter E. Washington Convention Center , Washington , D.C. NOTE: All plenary sessions on March 17, 18 and 19th will be Webcast live. To view the Webcasts, please go to: http://www.scgcorp.com/envirjusticesym/webcast.asp R072 Note: If a link above doesn't work, please copy and paste the URL into a browser. View all news releases related to compliance and enforcement -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SusquehannaCoGasForum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/susquehannacogasforum?hl=en. _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
