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It’s no secret that some communities are disproportionately impacted by climate change, pollution, and natural disasters. Abt is proud to participate in the 2022 National Environmental Justice Conference & Training Program which will address the challenges facing such communities and identify solutions they can implement while partnering with governments, municipalities, tribes, and faith-based groups, and our own organization. We understand that finding the right solutions requires bold thinking and integrated multidisciplinary strategies, and we look forward to sharing those approaches throughout the conference.
You can visit our display and join our environmental experts for insightful sessions on:
Thursday, March 10, 10:00 – 11:15 a.m. ET
Estimating Disproportionate Impacts of Climate Change on Childhood Asthma Rates Among Socially Vulnerable Populations in the U.S.
Presenter: Margaret Black, Environmental Policy and Governance Senior Associate
Co-Presenters: Stefani L. Penn, Industrial Economics, Inc. (IEc) and Lauren E. Gentile, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Estimating the Benefits of Reduced Air Pollution During COVID-19 for Socially Vulnerable Populations in New York City
Presenter: David Cooley, Environmental Policy and Governance Senior Associate
Thursday, March 10, 10:00 a.m - 11:00 am ET
What’s in My Neighborhood? How Communities Can Use EPA’s TRI Toxics Tracker to Identify Industrial Sources of Toxic Chemical Releases and Other Waste Management Activities
Presenter: TJ Pepping, Environmental Engineering Associate
Thursday, March 10, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET
Approaches for Evaluating Environmental Justice Issues at the State Level
Presenter: Lisa McDonald, Environmental Economics Senior Associate
Friday, March 11, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. ET
Resources, Tools, And Strategies to Promote Equitable Investments in Transportation Infrastructure
Presenters: James Schroll, Environmental Policy and Governance Senior Analyst
Co-Presenters: Nissa Tupper, Transportation and Public Health Planner, Minnesota Department of Transportation; Benito Perez, Policy Director, Transportation for America; Chris Forinash, Principal, Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates
Friday, March 11, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. ET
Incorporating Cumulative Risk into Tribal Risk Assessments
Presenters: Michelle Krasnec, Environmental Science Senior Associate and Beth Riess, Environmental Science Associate
Additional Resources
Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators Project
To streamline emissions data, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) is a modelling tool that helps policy makers, researchers, and communities explore data on releases of toxic substances from…
Abt Conversations: Health, Climate & Equity – New Mexico
In this podcast, Abt’s Kaylene Ritter speaks with Raymond Martinez, lieutenant governor of the Pueblo de San Ildefonso, about climate, health and equity.
We Already Have the Tools to Identify Environmental Injustice
In this blog, T.J. Pepping explains how EPA’s data analysis and visualization tools—many created and managed by Abt—can help address environmental justice.
Mission Support for EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program
Abt provides multidisciplinary support to EPA’s TRI Program to help the Agency better understand and share trends in toxic chemical releases in the U.S.
Fully Accounting for Air Emissions with Massachusetts’ Cumulative Impact Analysis Approach
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed sweeping legislation to address climate issues and protect environmental justice (EJ) populations. That legislation requires the state, with input from stakeholders, to develop a cumulative impact analysis (CIA…