Learn about equitable solutions to address the health impacts of extreme heat — and how you can get involved! Co-hosted by GreenLatinos, Black and Brown Parents United Foundation, PSR Colorado, and Healthy Air & Water Colorado.
Presenters, in order of appearance: Lauren Swain, Coordinator - PSR Colorado (Physicians for Social Responsibility)
Megan Kemp, Director - Healthy Air & Water Colorado
Rachael Lehman, Environmental Justice Program Coordinator, Black & Brown Parents United Foundation
Ean Tafoya, Colorado State Director - GreenLatinos
PSR Colorado (Physicians for Social Responsibility) and Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES) experts critique Xcel's new Clean Heat Plan proposal and discuss how we can push for a better plan together.
Xcel's proposal will affect Coloradans' health, safety, finances and future climate, whether it's your utility or not.
Background: By law, every large gas utility in Colorado must submit a Clean Heat Plan for greenhouse gas emission reduction to the Public Utilities Commission. Xcel's plan, now under review, is the first and farthest-reaching. The PUC's ruling on the plan, due in 2024, will affect air pollution, consumer energy bills, and climate policy statewide for years to come.
Presenters
Lauren Swain, Coordinator PSR Colorado - Physicians for Social Responsibility
Dr. Chuck Kutscher, Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES) Policy Committee
Fellow, Univ. of Colo. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Inst.
Former Director, NREL Buildings & Thermal Sciences Center (ret.)
Licensed Professional Engineer in CO and CA.
Justin Brant, Utility Program Director
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP)
Nikie Wells, Environmental Justice Director
Black Parents United Foundation
PSR national expert, Barb Gottlieb, describes the health, safety and climate impacts of piping hydrogen-methane blends into homes. She discusses why hydrogen blending increases overall GHG emissions and perpetuates fossil fuel dependence, gas stove indoor air pollution and health inequities; and how it increases the risk of accidents and fires. She identifies alternatives to hydrogen and methane that are healthier, safer, and more efficient. PSR Colorado coordinator, Lauren Swain, discusses Xcel's hydrogen blending demonstration project and its new "Clean Heat Plan Plus" proposal, recently submitted to Colorado's Public Utilities Commission (PUC).
Featuring PSR National expert, Barb Gottleib, and Lauren Swain, PSR Colorado Coordinator.
Hydrogen Blending: A Dangerous Pipe Dream describes how blending hydrogen with methane (fracked or so-called “natural” gas) and piping it into our homes increases the risk of explosions and fires, releases hazardous air pollutants, and perpetuates dependence on methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Become informed to help advocate against this false climate solution and share this material with your public officials.
Featuring PSR National gas stoves expert, Zach Williams, and Lauren Swain, PSR Colorado Coordinator.
This webinar: Cooking with Gas: Health Harms from Gas Stoves provides timely information about the dangerous air pollutants emitte by gas stoves, what they do to the human body, and what you can do to reduce your and your family's risk of exposure - as well as related state and local health and climate equity advocacy opportunities.
This webinar provides a timely and unique opportunity to learn about Denver, Fort Collins, and Boulder's new policies and plans to protect the climate and improve public health and safety by decarbonizing homes - cutting GHG emissions and indoor air pollution and reducing dependence on fossil fuels in the housing sector through equitable adoption of efficient electric heating, cooling, and cooking systems.
Featuring
Jan Keleher, Building Electrification Specialist, Climate Action, Sustainability & Resiliency, City of Denver
Brian Tholl, Energy Services Supervisor, City of Fort Collins
Carolyn Elam, Sustainability Senior Manager for Energy Systems, City of Boulder
PSR Colorado is proud to have collaborated with our allies to host this important webinar. Please watch and share widely.
In "Fracked Hydrogen: True "Blue" or "Green"-washed?", Harv Teitelbaum (PSR / Colorado Rising for Communities / Environmental Health Project) and Brian DeBruine (Colorado Hydrogen Network) discuss the different colors of hydrogen and how they impact funding for research, the emerging regulatory environment, and the plans of the oil and gas industry.
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe and, some say, the energy source of the future. It can be produced sustainably as “green” hydrogen, but most manufactured hydrogen today is “grey”, produced from fracked gas. The oil and gas industry has tweaked that process and now calls the resultant hydrogen “blue”. But does it warrant the cleaner, more wholesome label?
Our first Healthy Electric Homes Legislative Action Training introduces the audience to PSR Colorado's new advocacy video "Why We Need Healthy Electric Homes". experts Jenny Willford and Jan Douglas from Colorado Sierra Club who will familiarize you with new Colorado legislative proposals promoting healthy electric homes and buildings - thus reducing fossil fuel dependence, indoor air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions in Colorado. Next, PSR Colorado coordinator, Lauren Swain, will recommend strategies for taking action influence lawmakers' decisions for the better.
Training agenda:
"Why We Need Healthy Electric Homes" advocacy video
Expert briefing on legislative concepts to be introduced in the 2021 session
Learn to use PSR Colorado's new media tools to influence decision-makers
Prepare to take action by learning how to:
Submit comments and testify
Amplify your voice for change through online action and social media
Join our action team