Below is the media advisory for a great event on the impacts on oil and gas on California communities this evening in Sacramento:
Coalition-Sponsored Forum to Discuss Toxic Drill Sites and Fracking Wells in California Communities
A panel discussion titled “Drilling Down into Health Impacts: Effects of Oil and Gas on California’s Communities” will explore the effects of fossil fuel production on the health of Californians throughout the state, bringing together individuals from some of the most impacted communities in California, along with state legislators, health professionals and scientists.
Speakers will address how the fossil fuel industry is impacting communities around California, and what communities are doing to stop these destructive practices.
WHO: Martha Dina Argüello, Executive Director of PSR Los Angeles
Sandy Navarro, Project Coordinator for Esperanza Community Housing & Member of STANDLA
Rodrigo Romo, Kern County Resident and Activist
Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPH, FAAN, Founding Member, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments; Professor of Public Health, University of San Francisco
Seth Shonkoff, PhD, MPH, Executive Director of PSE Healthy Energy
Members of Impacted California Communities
WHERE: Westminster Presbyterian Church
1300 N Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
WHAT: Panel discussion exploring the effects of fossil fuel industry on the health of Californians throughout the state. Opportunity to hear personal stories of the challenges of living near toxic drill sites and fracking wells, and learn the science behind these experiences.
Members of the public are welcome to join the conversation. Please RSVP here: www.bit.ly/.…
WHEN: 6:30 PM to 8:30PM, Monday, April 18, 2016
The event is being held by Rootskeeper, Breast Cancer Action, Center for Environmental Health, Center for Biological Diversity and Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments.
Last July, the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), an independent body of high-level scientists, released a study highlighting the health risks of fossil fuel production in the state of California. Retained by the state to conduct the study mandated by Senate Bill 4, a law signed by Governor Brown in 2013 to regulate fracking, CCST found that neighborhood oil drilling exposed millions of Californians to harmful chemicals used in fracking.
The study also provided a recommendation to create a human health buffer zone for people living near oil and gas operations. So far, our state legislature has failed to take action.
Californians Against Fracking is a coalition of about 200 environmental business, health, agriculture, labor, political and environmental justice organizations working to win a statewide ban on extreme drilling including fracking. Follow @CAagainstFrack on Twitter.