Federal Tools for Environmental Justice: Understanding and Addressing Health Disparities and Community Impacts
“Hurricane Milton, now a Category 5, the storm is expected to bring damaging winds, heavy rain, and the risk of flooding in Northeast Florida. JEA customers should be prepared for possible power and water outages later this week.
JEA is working diligently to bring in as many additional external resources as possible to support our crews following Milton. However, thousands of utility restoration personnel remain in areas of the Southeast still recovering from Hurricane Helene and will be deployed to assist other areas of Florida.
We ask for customers’ patience and understanding as longer-than-normal service restoration times may be possible.”
Date: Thursday, November 14th, 2024
Time: 1 – 2:30pm EST | 10am – 11am PST
Have you ever wondered how satellite data could be used to show the impacts of green infrastructure on public health? Have you heard of EJScreen but aren’t sure how to use it?
In this webinar, speakers will share more about various tools–such as CDC public health data, EJScreen, and NASA’s EJ Data Catalog–that help practitioners map and understand the vulnerabilities impacting our communities’ land and waterways, and connect ecosystem health with the health disparities shown by local socioeconomic data. Practitioners will gain a better understanding of the purpose of each tool, how to access and use them, how to use multiple tools to create a holistic picture of local climate and health challenges, and how to address them from an ecosystem perspective.
