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Save the date for HEFN’s 2012 Annual Meeting!

November 12 - 13, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois

Stay tuned for an announcement of the meeting theme!

Essay on Environmental Health and Justice Grantmaking

HEFN member, Marni Rosen, and HEFN Director, Kathy Sessions, co-authored a guest commentary on environmental health and justice grantmaking entitled, "Finding Solutions Upstream," which was among a series of commentaries published by Grantmakers in Health (GIH) for its 2012 Annual Meeting on "Health and Equity for All." See www.gih.org for more resources prepared for funders interested in health and equity.

New Resources

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Major Push to Clean Up Shale Gas Fracking as 55 Top Investors With $1 Trillion in Assets Weigh In (Hydrofracking): This press release from Investor Environmental Health Network, Boston Common Asset Management, and Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility signals that the IEHN/ICCR "Extracting the Facts" guidelines for corporate reporting of shale gas/oil risks and risk management have now secured support from investors on three continents (Australia, Europe, and North America) having $1 trillion in assets under management.
Politics: Report - Communities Need to Carefully Consider Oil and Gas Development (Hydrofracking): This report outlines the economic upside of the increasing shale oil and gas development throughout the country, including increased employment, capital expenditures, and tax revenues to the states and local communities. But the report warns that fracturing companies may provide inflated estimates of the economic benefits of energy development while not mentioning the negative local impacts that some regions are experiencing.
Toxic Chemicals in the Workplace: Putting Millions of Workers at Risk: Over 3% of the workforce is employed in jobs, such as janitors, landscaping workers, pesticide handlers and other maintenance workers, where they are exposed to toxic chemicals in their workplace on a daily basis. SAFER States' blog post discusses the on-the-job dangers posed by toxic chemicals, and what can be done about it.

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2012 Research Conference-The Contribution of Epigenetics in Pediatric Environmental Health: This conference highlights the role of epigenetics in determining the impact of the environment on pediatric disease and children's current and future health. This conference is intended for research scientists in the fields of environmental health, epidemiology, and environmental toxicology, as well as for public health professionals. Students in these disciplines are encouraged to register. (May 30 - June 1, 2012; San Francisco, CA)
New England Environmental Justice Summit: This summit will discuss environmental issues in New England and their impacts on low-income people and people of color. Summit workshops will cover toxics and women's health, energy justice, urban and rural issues, food justice, and a workshop on Title VI geared to lawyers interested in assisting environmental justice groups. (June 9, 2012; Worcester, MA)
Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) 10th Anniversary Forum: Bounty For All? The Challenge of Creating an Equitable Food System: This meeting will use the California food system as a microcosm of our global food system. Participants will have the opportunity to explore inequities around issues of water, environmental health, and labor through plenary sessions, funder-sponsored workshops and site visits to fields, orchards, warehouses, and processing plants. (June 19-21, 2012; Santa Barbara, CA)
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) Annual Educational Conference & Exhibition: This conference will offer expansive training and education that covers a wide genre of environmental health topics. Sessions will cover over 15 different environmental health topic areas including environmental health impact assessments, water quality, food safety and defense, healthy homes and communities, sustainability/climate change and general environmental health. (June 28–30, 2012; San Diego, CA)