Learn about real-world air pollution problems and innovative
solutions from five individuals who will be bestowed with
California's premier air quality award for their career
contributions. The Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award is named for the
late Dr. Arie Haagen-Smit – known as the "father of air pollution
science and control." Awards recognize those who continue
Haagen-Smit's work through perseverance, leadership and
innovation in the areas of research, environmental policy,
science and technology, public education and community service.
The public is invited to this free event.
Wednesday, June 21, 2017 2:30 pm, PST (WEBCAST - link info
below)
Coastal Hearing Room, 2nd Floor, Cal/EPA Building
1001 I Street, Sacramento, California
Each award recipient will give an abbreviated, 20-minute, talk:
--The New Politics of Clean Air--
Chet France, formerly of the U.S. EPA, will review California's
and the Nation's progress to date in cleaning up our air with an
emphasis on transportation sources. Hear about his insights on
the nature of current political realities that threaten to undo
recent progress and possible avenues to respond and find
solutions.
--Trusted Health Science for Air Quality Decisions in the
Developed and Developing World--
Dan Greenbaum, President of the Health Effects Institute (HEI),
has led HEI's efforts for over two decades to produce and
communicate through the Global Burden of Disease and the State of
Global Air Report with high-quality, relevant, and credible
science on the health effects of particulate matter, ozone, air
toxics, and many other air pollutants.
--Climate Change and Aerosols: How Much Do Aerosols Mask Global
Warming?--
Joyce Penner, Distinguished University Professor of Atmospheric
Science at the University of Michigan, will review her role in
the evolution of knowledge about aerosols and their cooling
effects on climate and summarize where the field stands today.
--Ten Scalable Solutions for the Climate Change Problem--
V. "Ram" Ramanathan, Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at the
University of California, San Diego, will share how climate
change has become an urgent problem requiring urgent solutions
and will describe a list of ten scalable solutions crafted by a
team of fifty faculty from the UC System. Fortunately, there is
still time to implement these solutions.
--The Right To Clean Air--
Anumita Rowchowdhury, Executive Director of the Centre for
Science and Environment in India, will discuss how research,
advocacy, and perseverance changed the air and saved lives in one
of the dirtiest cities on earth.
Free and will be Webcast, click link the day of the event
https://video.calepa.ca.gov/
For more information call Heather Choi at 916-322-3893 or visit
https://www.arb.ca.gov/hsawards.
You are receiving this single arbcombo email because you are a
subscriber to or have made a public comment to one or more of the
following lists: aaqs, cc, healthup, lectures, localaction,
research, seminars.
======================================================================
You are subscribed to one of the lists aggregated to make this
particular ARB combination listserve broadcast. To UNSUBSCRIBE:
Please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and enter
your email address and click on the button "Display Email Lists."
To unsubscribe, please click inside the appropriate box to uncheck it
and go to the bottom of the screen to submit your request. You will
receive an automatic email message confirming that you have
successfully unsubscribed. Also, please read our listserve disclaimer
at http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/disclaim.htm .
The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian
needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For
a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy
costs, visit the Flex Alert website at www.flexalert.org .
======================================================================
