EXTREME HEAT:
SOLUTIONS FOR EQUITABLE COOLING
Webinar & Resources

Co-hosted by PSR Colorado, Healthy Air & Water Colorado,
Black and Brown Parents United Foundation, and GreenLatinos

Presenters, in order of appearance:

• Lauren Swain, Coordinator - PSR Colorado (Physicians for Social Responsibility):

  • Introduction and overview of climate and fossil fuel health impacts, the health effects of extreme heat, and policy solutions.

• Megan Kemp, Director - Healthy Air & Water Colorado (HAWC)

  • Discusses data and policy insights revealed by

    • Merciless Heat: How State and Local Lawmakers Can Protect At-risk Households (HAWC/RMI report)

    • Report to Community (HAWC community survey)

      • Inequities in Denver Residents’ Access to Cooling

      • Policy recommendations

      • Ways to get involved

• Rachael Lehman, Environmental Justice Program Coordinator - Black & Brown Parents United Foundation (BPUF)

  • Extreme heat data. Legal/legislative conditions in Colorado, including Gov. Polis’ veto of HB24-1307 in the prior legislative session. Policy Recommendations.

  • Affordable Living Solutions for Extreme Heat Conditions

• Ean Tafoya, Colorado State Director - GreenLatinos

  • Legislative call to action for audience to join in policy advocacy. Advocacy for outdoor workers, unhoused and immigrants experiencing health impacts of extreme heat. Policy solutions: Denver bond issue for cooling schools, urban tree planting, Colorado’s Environmental Justice Act; movement for a Red Black Green New Deal. Ozone pollution related to heat effects

  • Screened the GreenLatinos Film: The Latino Climate Justice Framework en Accion: Extreme Heat and Outdoor Workers

Additional Resources for Extreme Heat/Equitable Cooling Data & Solutions

• Hot and Bothered: PSR blog on the impacts of extreme heat on maternal health

• Center for American Progress Reports on Extreme Heat Impacts

  • Extreme Heat is more Dangerous for Workers Every Year

  • Policy Opportunities to Protect At-Risk Americans from Extreme Heat

  • The HealthCare Costs of Extreme Heat

• Additional Video Resources from Green Latinos:

  • Host page for The Latino Climate Justice Framework en Accion: Extreme Heat and Outdoor Workers

  • Healing La Madre Tierra’s Fever Before we all get Sick: How Public Health is Addressing the Climate

  • Hot Times, Cooler Communities - Urban Heat Resilience on the Front Lines