The University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) will host the second annual Health Effects of Shale Gas Extraction Conference

8:00 am to 5 pm., Friday, November 18

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall,
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Nationally noted scientists and policymakers will speak and host panel discussions, including:

• Aaron Barchowsky, Ph.D., GSPH Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
• Donald S. Burke, M.D., GSPH dean and associate vice chancellor for Global Health
• Bernard D. Goldstein, M.D., GSPH Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
• Robert Jackson, Ph.D., Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment, Department of Biology
• Allen Robinson, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University

Free registration, but register with Sara Gillooly at seg14@pitt.edu by providing the following required information: Name as you would like it on your name tag; Affiliation (e.g. U. of Pitt. Student); Email address; Phone number.

“Power to the People, Not the Corporations”
Friday, November 18.
State College

The rally is a two-part event. The first rally will be held on the steps of Old Main from noon until 1:00pm. This rally will celebrate the anticipated passing of a voter referendum on November 8th in State College that will affirm that community’s environmental rights and bans any future natural gas drilling in State College.

The second rally, will be held from 1:30 – 3:30 pm at the Penn State Conference Center, about 3 miles away from Old Main on the main campus. The Penn State Conference center will at the same time be hosting the Marcellus Summit 2011 sponsored by Range Resources and Chesapeake Energy, among others.

Invited speakers include Pittsburgh City Councilman Doug Shields, Ben Price of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, and Josh Fox, director of the Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning movie Gasland.

Sponsors include Elk County C.A.R.E.S., Marcellus Protest, Sierra Club Moshannon Group, and Sustainability Now Radio.