Environmental Fridays, Sept. 16
Season III, Episode 1
Welcome to Season III of Environmental Fridays ... it is personal.
Join us this coming Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, for Environmental Fridays, Episode 1, at 9:30 a.m. EST to listen and discuss "Climate Crisis and Environmental Justice" with United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Debra Shore.
Our co-host for Episode 1 is Environmental Health Scientist Laurel Berman, adjunct faculty of public health at University of Illinois, Chicago, DePaul University and Andrews University.
The Zoom Meeting link is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85270285938?pwd=REpoc3VjVkdRN1dJRkkvbDd2eHJvZz09.
Meeting ID: 852 7028 5938
Passcode: 948025
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Contact Desmond Hartwell Murray, associate professor of chemistry, at murrayd@andrews.edu if you have any questions.
Guest Speaker Bio:
Debra Shore is the regional administrator for U.S. EPA Region 5. Her responsibilities include overseeing environmental protection efforts in the Great Lakes states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin, as well as 35 federally recognized tribal nations. One of her roles is manager of EPA’s Great Lakes National Program, in which she leads restoration and protection of the largest freshwater system in the world.
Prior to joining EPA, Shore was an elected member of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, a $1 billion agency responsible for wastewater treatment and stormwater management for more than five million people. She is a strong advocate for cleaning up the Chicago waterways and for resource recovery, including the reuse of treated water and the generation of renewable energy.
Co-Host Bio:
Laurel Berman, PhD, leads the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry’s National Land Reuse Health Program, which integrates public health and redevelopment from the early planning stages. She brings her skills to the Initiative from a long career as an environmental scientist and a community engagement specialist. Berman holds PhD and MS degrees in environmental and occupational health sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health, with a focus on industrial hygiene and toxicology. She is an adjunct faculty in public health at UIC, DePaul University and Andrews University.
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