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Grow it in Appalachia: Can the Ohio River Valley Become a Hub for Biomaterials Derived from Industrial Hemp?
ZoomJoin ReImagine Appalachia for a listening session that will explore industrial hemp as a promising biomaterial for Appalachia’s manufacturing sector.
Your Health and Your Environment Lunch & Learn Series: Environmental Justice & Building a Clean Energy Economy
ZoomJoin Black Appalachian Coalition and Ohio River Valley Institute for their webinar on environmental justice and steps to building a clean energy economy. Special guests include Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome, the Federal Chief Environmental Justice Officer at the White House Office of Environmental Justice, and Sonia Kikeri, Emerald Cities National Director of Policy and Civic […]
Eyes on Pollution: What’s Vinyl Chloride?
ZoomBCMAC is hosting a webinar on what vinyl chloride is to help those who may not be familiar with it.
Oil and Gas Watch Database Webinar – EIP
ZoomA free webinar on how to get data and public records about planned oil, gas and petrochemical projects across the U.S. from the new and improved "Oil & Gas Watch" database.
“Centering Vulnerable Communities in Conversations about Climate Change”
ZoomYour Health and Your Environment Lunch & Learn Series
Webinar: Economic Development Policy IS Environmental Policy
ZoomPennFuture is embarking on projects that connect economic development and environmental issues in order to promote a healthy economy, healthy communities, and a healthy environment. This webinar introduces this work and breaks down our recently released report “Economic Policy is Environmental Policy: Prioritizing Environmental Progress in Pennsylvania's Department of Community and Economic Development”. This report […]
Eyes on Air: Title V & the Shell Plastics Plant
ZoomAll of us, no matter where we come from or what we look like, want to live in a safe, healthy environment where our families can thrive. But fossil fuel lobbyists and the politicians they pay for are once again sacrificing our health for their profits. We are coming together as a community to protect […]
Aquifers Defenders Indigenous Program
ZoomAcross the American Midwest, water protectors and land defenders are using both Indigenous knowledge and Western science to re-evaluate new pipeline constructions and expose damage caused by existing pipelines. Waadookawaad Amikwag (“Those Who Help Beaver”) is a diverse community group of water protectors, scientists, drone pilots, field monitors, and grassroots organizers that is gathering and […]
USEPA Webinar: Super Emitter Program
ZoomEPA announced its Final Rule for Oil and Natural Gas Operations on December 2, 2023. This regulation, which will sharply reduce emissions of methane and other harmful air pollution from oil and natural gas operations, includes the methane Super-Emitter Program. Under the Methane Super Emitter Program, third parties may apply to EPA to become certified […]
Ohio River Valley Participatory Fund Information Session
ZoomThe Ohio River Valley Participatory Fund supports groups serving northern Appalachian communities that have been adversely impacted by the fossil fuel industry. This intermediary fund is deeply rooted in the region, housed at the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies, and guided by a Steering Committee of nonprofit leaders. The Fund provides grants to nonprofit groups […]
BLAC Lunch and Learn Series Resumes
ZoomThis summer, join the Black Appalachian Coalition- BLAC and Ohio River Valley Institute (ORVI) for a lunch & learn series on the impacts of petrochemical development on Black communities in Appalachia. Petrochemicals—oil- and gas-based chemicals used to make plastics and pesticides—are harmful to human health and the environment. The process of making petrochemicals creates dangerous air and […]
Disability Pride Month: “Disability and Disaster Archive Launch”
ZoomThe Disability and Disaster Archive Project aims to capture the lived experiences of people with disabilities during and after a major disaster. Disabled people must navigate a world that wasn’t built for them, and these structural issues only become worse when disaster strikes. The project amplifies disabled voices and uses their wisdom to help influence […]
