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Tomorrow – Worker Safety & Toxic Waste Exposure ☣️
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Hello Reader, Join Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania (PSR PA) for a critical conversation on worker safety in the oil and gas industry—specifically, the unseen risks faced by workers managing wastewater from fracking and drilling operations. Too often, workers are not fully informed about the hazardous and radioactive materials they handle on the job. This lack of transparency puts their health—and the wellbeing of their families and communities—at serious risk. This is a must-attend event for anyone concerned about environmental justice, workplace protections, and toxic exposure. Thursday, May 8thSpeakers include:
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Please feel free to share this event with others in your network. → Direct link to PSR PA Registration page → Event details posted in HHN Best, P.S. In other news, we had a great chat yesterday with HHN Convergence Fellow Elissa Yoder about Fast Fashion & Oil & Gas. If this is a topic you're interested in, please reply or reach out to elissa@halttheharm.net Stay tuned for an upcoming presentation on the topic! |
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HHN is an online directory, network, and online events calendar for leaders working to protect their communities and environment from the harms of oil & gas industry. Join for updates, to hear about our webinars series, and updates to the network.
Hi Reader, Later this week you have a chance to learn from Jess Conard, a leader in East Palestine Ohio who is offering an Teach-In on Community Action for Rail Safety. Railways that transport petrochemicals are both a safety risk and a point of intervention for oil & gas industry. Don’t wait for a disaster to learn how to keep your community safe. Sign-up today and share this event. Join us Thursday, December 4th for Railwatch: A Teach-In on Community Action for Rail Safety with Jess Conard....
Hello Reader, There are two events this week I wanted to make sure you knew about. The first is a report release on the economic analysis of a so-called "Chemical Recycling" plant. Then there's a follow-up event Thursday about applying this research in other communities. Again, industry promises economic growth, when in reality they are maximizing profits while burdening communities with pollution, health harms, and destroying opportunity for other forms of development. Both events include...
Hi Reader, A campaign in Pennsylvania is calling for Health-Based Protective Buffers from Fracking. Likely you've heard about this – but maybe you haven't. Either way, this next webinar is the perfect opportunity to learn about the call to establish state-wide minimum setback distances for fracking. → Learn more and register here Safeguard Our Backyards: Join the Campaign for Health-Based Protective Buffers from Fracking Wednesday, September 24th The Marcellus shale industry has been allowed...