Fuel, Foul Air and Fallout: The Health Tolls of Energy and Defense in the U.S.

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August 20, 2024

Join the Pulitzer Center for three virtual discussions about projects that investigate how extractive industries and defense impact Americans’ health.

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The Health Debt to America’s Missileers and Missile Maintainers
Thursday, July 25, 2024 | 12:00 PM ET

Join Bill Burich, director of the Torchlight Initiative, and Military.com reporter Thomas Novelly for a discussion about the challenges veterans who worked with ICBMs are facing in health systems and possible solutions, moderated by Pulitzer Center Senior Editor Susan Ferriss.

American Pipe Dream: Natural Gas and Its Health Impacts in the United States
Thursday, August 13, 2024 | 12:00 PM ET

Hear from journalists Carlyle Calhoun and Quinn Glabicki and senior principal in RMI’s Climate Intelligence Program Debbie Gordon about the gas boom in the U.S. Gulf Coast and Appalachia. Senior Editor Steve Sapienza will moderate.

Neglected and Exposed
Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Hear from journalists Alejandra Martinez, Wendy Selene Pérez and Juan Flores, representing Environmental Community Advocates of Galena Park, about the investigation, Neglected and Exposed, and about possible ways to strengthen air quality measurement and awareness in Houston. Valeria Fernández, the founder of Altavoz Lab and the managing editor of palabra., will moderate.

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