Physicians For Social Responsibility PA, Climate Action Campaign Host March 24 Webinar On Impacts Of Climate Change On Women's Health

The Physicians For Social Responsibility PA and the Climate Action Campaign will host a March 24 webinar on the Impacts Of Climate Change On Women's Health starting at Noon.

Speakers will address how climate change has affected women’s overall health and call on the President's administration to not roll back existing standards that protect against dangerous pollution.  

Speakers include--

-- Jamie Gauthier, Philadelphia City Council Member and Chair of City Council’s Committee on the Environment

-- Dr. Joniqua Ceasar, MD, PSR PA board member 

-- Brooke Petry, Moms Clean Air Force 

-- Gail Pryor, Philadelphia Resident 

-- Daniel Farmer, PSR PA, will serve as emcee

Click Here to join this Zoom webinar [Meeting ID: 851 7725 8038 Passcode: 593319].

Media questions should be directed to David Mills at dmills@cacampaign.org  and (267) 424-1908 or Daniel Farmer at daniel@psrpa.org.

Recourse Link - Women’s Health:

-- Drexel University College Of Medicine: Climate Change Disproportionately Affects Women 

Resource Links - Federal Changes:

-- EPA Launches Biggest Deregulation Action For Industry In US History, 'Driving A Dagger Straight Into The Heart Of The Climate Change Religion,’ Unleashing The American Energy Industry  [PaEN] 

-- EPA Pulls Back Regulations Setting Methane Emission Limits, Regulating Wastewater From Oil & Gas Operations, Risk Management Rule At Petrochemical Plants  [PaEN] 

-- Clean Air Council: EPA To Reverse Life-Saving Finding Carbon Pollution Is Endangering Public Health By Driving Climate Change [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: EPA Deregulation Bombshell A Blow To The Chesapeake Bay  [PaEN] 

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: EPA Announces Plan To Put Pollution Before Our Health  [PaEN]   

-- National Catholic Reporter Editorial: We Must Oppose President’s Immoral Environmental Agenda  

-- Environmental Council Of The States, Other State Organizations Write Congress About The Importance Of Federal Funding To State Agencies Implementing Federal Programs  [PaEN]  

-- Bipartisan Group Of 51 Former EPA Officials Send Letter To Congress Saying Deep Cuts To The Agency Would Threaten 50 Years Of Environmental Progress   [PaEN] 

-- New York Times Guest Essay: Three Former EPA Leaders - You’ll Miss It When It’s Gone - By William K. Reilly, Christine Todd Whitman & Gina McCarthy

-- The Guardian: EPA Aims To Cut Pollution Rules Projected To Save Nearly 200,000 Lives: ‘Real People Will Be Hurt’

-- PA Capital-Star: President’s  Cuts To Federal Workers Have Taken Their Toll On PA, More Are Coming 

NewsClips This Week:

-- Tribune-Democrat: Federal Office Of Surface Mining In PA To Close, Staff Cut, May Significantly Impact Abandoned Mine Reclamation Efforts In PA  [PDF of Article] 

-- Citizens Voice: Wilkes-Barre Fire Chief Calls FEMA Canceling National Fire Academy Classes ‘Demoralizing’

-- Bloomberg: Top Leaders Flee Federal Pipeline Safety Agency As President Pushes To Build 

-- Reading Eagle: Federal Funding Uncertainties Affecting Farming Community In Berks 

-- LancasterOnline: Raystown Lake Federal Recreation Area Campgrounds To Close Due To Federal Hiring Freeze In Huntingdon County  

-- Altoona Mirror: Part Of Raystown Lake Federal Recreation Area Camps To Close Due To Staff Cuts  

-- Inquirer: 425+ Campsites Across PA Are Closed Indefinitely Due To Federal Cuts At Raystown Lake, Seven Points, Susquehannock, Nancy’s Boat-to-Shore Campgrounds, Tompkins Campground on Tioga-Hammond and Cowanesque Lakes

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Our National Parks Are National Treasurers DOGE Must Not Cut - By John Plonski

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Lenders Say Millions In Small Business Funding, Tax Credits Are At Risk Because Of President’s Actions 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times Editorial: Uncertainty Around Federal Funding Having Big Impact  ‘Instability, Uncertainty And Indiscriminate Direction Are The Antithesis Of Best Practices’]   [PDF of Article] 

-- The Legal Intelligencer: ‘Why Are You Remaining Silent?’ Some Clients Expect Big Law Public Response On President’s Actions  [PDF of Article] 

[Posted: March 20, 2025]  PA Environment Digest