Episode 56TD April 18, 2024. April 23 to 25, 2024 Environmental Justice NEJAC meetings, register here.

In Episode 56TD 1)On Friday 4/19/2024 at 1PM CST President Biden and Vice President Harris talk Cancer Alley air pollution regulation just signed into law. Registration Link: https://pitc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_LIM8E2vvSnmLxx_OhVI0xw 2)EPA: National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) Meetings. Date: April 23-25, 2024. Summary: The NEJAC will convene a hybrid in-person public meeting with a virtual option. The public meeting will start on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at approximately 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Central. Time. The NEJAC meeting continues Wednesday, April 24, 2024, from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. through Thursday, April 25, 2024, from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Central Time. The meeting discussions will focus on several topics including, but not limited to, workgroup updates, final recommendations for council consideration, presentations, panels, and discussions on potential charges with various EPA national program offices. Registration Link: https://usepa.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_XCcn6m9MRLayKStwN9Hr2w#/registration
Note; RAWSEP’s editor has registered to speak at the meeting about Residents Against Wood Smoke Emission Particulates, a 501c3 organization, including RAWSEP efforts to hand out PurpleAir PM2.5 monitors to any near neighbor of an indoor residential wood burner whose smoke infiltrates the near neighbor’s yard and sickens them, and efforts to write a grant to provide a subsidy for a Heat Pump to any wood stove owner who trades in all their wood burning appliances for a Heat Pump. This RAWSEP subsidy would be in addition to the Federal State (Focus on Energy in Wisconsin) up to $8,000 Heat Pump rebates based on a sliding income scale, available to any United States resident starting by September 2024. 3)The organization called Global Action Plan wants examples of Misinformation about Particulate Pollution. RAWSEP’s editor has plenty of pollution misinformation to point out from the wood stove industry. You can share your screenshots to Global Action Plan by email to safersocials@globalactionplan.org.uk or using WhatsApp to 020 4534 3913 4)REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION AND PROPOSALS. 4A)OMB seeks input on the experiences of individuals and organizations. 4B)Department of Health and Human Services: Environmental Justice Community Innovator Challenge. 4C)U S Department of Agriculture (USDA): Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). 5)RAWSEP View: The Forestry.com website is probably the place to start to collect examples of misinformation about climate change to send to Global Health Plan. 5)RAWSEP View: The Forestry.com website is probably the place to start to collect examples of misinformation about climate change to send to Global Health Plan. 6)Arizona. Arizona issues high-pollution advisory for Wednesday. 7)California, Cowichan Valley. RAWSEP View: This citizen’s letter to the editor from 2017 states that burning wood for home heating should not be regulated because burning wood is better than burning garbage. This is not enough reason to burn wood, in RAWSEP’s opinion. Hopefully this 2017 letter to the editor is a period piece, outdated by progress in educating the public on the adverse health effects of burning wood. 8) Costs of Air Pollution in California's San Joaquin Valley | JAA - Dove Medical Press. 9)Colorado, Pagosa Springs. Help your health during the upcoming prescribed burns. 10)Georgia, Savannah. UN health agency sets higher, tougher bar for air quality Fox 28 Savannah. 11)Nevada, Lake Tahoe. Lake Tahoe Spring Prescribed Fire Operations continue. 12)New York, Peru. Editorial: Burn ban on. 13)North Dakota, Grand Forks. MOE discontinues air quality advisory for Grand Forks. 14)Oregon, Portland. Large fire burning in debris pile at wood recycling plant in St. Johns neighborhood. 15)Washington. Washington State University institutes