June 10, 2024
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPLEMENTATION WITH IRA FUNDS: IS IT WORKING?
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IRA) targeted hundreds of billions of dollars for an all-of-government approach to climate action. Attend this panel discussion moderated by Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 Administrator, David Cash, to hear about the challenges of implementing the IRA and how leaders are leveraging community wisdom, academia, and unprecedented federal dollars to address climate change and protect public health.
MODERATOR
David Cash
Regional Administrator
United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 1
PANELISTS
Gaurab Basu
Director of Education and Policy
C-CHANGE Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment
Osasenaga Idahor
Undergraduate Student
US EPA National Environmental Youth Advisory Council
Tamarra James-Todd
Mark and Catherine Winkler Associate Professor of Environmental Reproductive Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Grace Robiou
Director, Office of Children's Health Protection
EPA