Making Climate Change Policy Work in Difficult Economic Times: A Conference Focusing on the Job and Equity Impacts of Carbon Pricing Policies. Tuesday, May 5, 2009 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM Conference; 5:30 PM Reception UC Berkeley International House 2299 Piedmont Avenue; Berkeley, CA » Download Flyer Carbon pricing policies like cap-and-trade programs are being proposed or implemented to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in California, the Western states of the US and Canada, and nationally. This conference will explore the design options within carbon pricing policies that shape impacts on employment and equity. Presenters will include leading policy makers, economists, labor leaders, environmental justice advocates, business leaders, environmentalists, and others.
Videos of many of the conference workshops and plenaries can be viewed at webcast.berkeley.edu. Please join us for a reception upstairs immediately following the conference This event has been certified as a green event by the UC Berkeley Office of Sustainability. Climate change kammen_opening_plenary.pdf (application/pdf Object) Majora Carter's tale of urban renewal. OurMap of Environmental Justice.
OurMap of Environmental Justice. Environmental News & Environment Information - Los Angeles Times. EPA To Test School Air Quality | SEJ. EPA: Air tests near schools a priority. By Blake Morrison and Brad Heath, USA TODAY In an unprecedented step aimed at protecting children from toxic chemicals, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce plans Monday to determine whether industrial pollution taints the air outside schools across the nation. The EPA plan, promised by new administrator Lisa Jackson during her Senate confirmation hearings in January, calls for regulators to identify 50 to 100 schools where pollution might pose significant health risks.
At many of those locations, the agency will work with state and local regulators to monitor the air for a variety of toxic chemicals. The agency could begin taking air samples within five weeks and may release some results within a few months. Children are particularly susceptible to toxic chemicals; they breathe more air in proportion to their weight than do adults, and their bodies are still developing. In most cases, no one knows for certain what's in the air. Cool California. USA TODAY Special Report – The Smokestack Effect – Pacoima Charter Elementary Pacoima, California.
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