Cumulative Impacts: How Tribes and EPA are Considering Cumulative Impacts to Advance EJ for All

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Justice Webinar Series for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples includes monthly webinars intended to build the capacity of Tribal governments, Indigenous Peoples, and other environmental justice practitioners by discussing priority environmental justice issues of interest to Tribes and Indigenous Peoples.

EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR’s) EJ Webinar Series for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples will hold the next webinar on October 30, 2024 entitled, “Cumulative Impacts: How Tribes and EPA are Considering Cumulative Impacts to Advance EJ for All.” A panel of speakers will follow to offer their perspectives on current efforts to consider cumulative impacts and how advancing our understanding of cumulative impacts can help protect human health and the environment. 

Time: 2:30-4:00 pm EDT

Register here.

Webinar Agenda:

• EPA Mindful Moment
• EPA’s OEJECR Updates
• Recognition of Native American Heritage Month
• EPA’s Efforts to Advance Consideration of Cumulative Impacts with
• Charles Lee, OEJECR Senior Advisor
• Andrew Geller, Supervisory Biologist, Office of Research and Development
• Tribal Perspectives on Cumulative Impact with
• Renee Keezer, Pesticide Coordinator, White Earth Nation’s Division of Natural Resources
• Questions and Discussion with Panelists
• Adjourn

Please note that the webinar is planned to be recorded and is expected to be available on the EPA website a few weeks after the webinar.

For questions about this webinar or the EPA EJ Webinar Series for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples, please contact Andy Bessler, EPA OEJECR Tribal Stakeholder Coalition Coordinator at bessler.andy@epa.gov.