Events – PSE | Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy

Webinar: Resilience for Compounding and Cascading Events

Adrienne Underwood — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 19:51:50 +0000

On Tuesday, October 18, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a launch event to release a consensus study on Resilience for Compounding and Cascading Events. PSE’s Director of Research Elena Krieger contributed to the report through her role as a member of the Committee on Hazard Mitigation and Resilience Applied Research Topics. Issued by the Committee on Hazard…

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Webinar: The Role of Net Metering in the Evolving Electricity System

Adrienne Underwood — Thu, 11 May 2023 18:57:13 +0000

On Thursday, May 11, from 11:00 – 12:00 pm ET the National Academies hosted a public release webinar for the The Role of Net Metering in the Evolving Electricity System report release. The briefing examined the reports findings on the medium-to-long term impacts of net metering on the electricity grid and customers and explored how net metering guidelines should evolve to support a decarbonized…

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Webinar: Technical Briefing on Produced Water Ponds

Adrienne Underwood — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 00:19:18 +0000

California’s San Joaquin Valley is one of the oldest and most extracted oil and gas basins in the US. For decades, state law has allowed water extracted during oil and gas production, known as produced water, to be disposed of in unlined pits. On October 21, 2021 PSE Senior Scientist Dr. Dominic DiGiulio provided a technical briefing and overview of the findings of PSE’s peer-reviewed study on the…

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Webinar: Study on Hazardous Air Pollutants in California Natural Gas

Adrienne Underwood — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:13:47 +0000

On October 25, 2022 researchers from PSE Healthy Energy provided a public briefing on the findings of a new peer-reviewed study on hazardous air pollutants in the natural gas used by 11.5 million California homes. The study provides the most comprehensive data to date on the hazardous air pollutants in California’s distribution-level natural gas and the potential for gas leaks to impact air…

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Webinar: Understanding Air Quality Trends in Richmond-San Pablo

Adrienne Underwood — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:35:45 +0000

On December 15, PSE Healthy Energy hosted a briefing on new air quality research in California’s Richmond-San Pablo region. The briefing focused on the findings of a new report, which analyzed trends in air quality observed by the Richmond Air Monitoring Network – a dense network of air quality monitors located throughout Richmond, North Richmond, and San Pablo in the East Bay.

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Workshop: Planning a Resilience Hub in Your Community

Adrienne Underwood — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 22:59:51 +0000

On August 7, 2023, PSE Healthy Energy and Communities for a Better Environment held an interactive workshop on equitable and community-led resilience hub design. Workshop attendees received tools and strategies for navigating common equity, technology, and economic challenges that arise when developing solar + storage resilience hubs. This workshop is connected to PSE’s California Community…

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Forum on Fracking, Environmental Health, and Gender Justice

Adrienne Underwood — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 22:06:13 +0000

The Global Health Justice and Governance Program (GHJG) and Chelsea Clinton, Adjunct Assistant Professor within the Department of Health Policy and Management and GHJG Cooperating Faculty, hosted a virtual forum “Fracking, Environmental Health & Gender Justice” for scientists, advocates, and policy experts to share findings and strategies to address the public health implications of fracking.

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AAAS Workshop Abandoned and Orphaned Wells

Adrienne Underwood — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 21:57:03 +0000

On October 21, 2020, PSE’s Executive Director Dr. Seth Shonkoff participated in a virtual workshop Analyzing the Challenges of Improperly Abandoned and Orphaned Wells. Hosted by the AAAS Center for Scientific Evidence in Public Issues (EPI Center) as part of their initiative on hydraulic fracturing, the event brought together scientific researchers, industry, state regulators…

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Krieger Joins Al Gore to Discuss Climate Solutions

statecreative — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 18:01:58 +0000

PSE’s Director of Research Dr. Elena Krieger and University of Arizona Associate Professor Dr. Karletta Chief joined the plenary panel at The Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training moderated by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. The discussion focused on strategies for integrating science into public policy. The two scientists shared how communities can effectively engage with scientists and…

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COP28 Mitigating Methane: A Global Health Strategy

Adrienne Underwood — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 22:39:41 +0000

On December 9th, 2023, PSE’s Director of Energy and Health Lee Ann Hill joined the 28th United Nation’s Climate Change Conference (COP28) for a panel titled Mitigating Methane: A Global Health Strategy. The event was held at the Health Pavilion, hosted by the World Health Organization on behalf of the health community. The session brought together stakeholders from waste, energy…

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