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Health Impacts of the

Unconventional Gas Development Industry

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Tammy Murphy M.A., LL.M.

Medical Advocacy Director

Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania

tammy@psrphila.org

Philadelphia

Laura Dagley, BSN, RN

Medical Advocacy Coordinator

Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania

laura@psrphila.org

Pittsburgh

Current legal atmosphere

(Why now?)

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Erin Cosgrove, Esq., MPP

Research and Legal Associate

Delaware Riverkeeper Network

erin@delawareriverkeeper.org

Philadelphia

Jordan B. Yeager, JD

Attorney

Curtin & Heefner LLP

jby@curtinheefner.com

Philadelphia

Assessing Patients

(How to get started...)

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Erica Jackson

Community Outreach and Communications Specialist

FracTracker Alliance

jackson@fractracker.org

Pittsburgh

Raina Rippel

Director

SW Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project

rrippel@environmentalhealthproject.org

Pittsburgh

 

Opening with WaterWays Art Demonstration 

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Bri Barton

Artist and Educator

Water Ways

bribirdbarton@gmail.com

Philadelphia

Meg Lemieur

Artist/Activist

Water Ways

meglemieur@gmail.com

Pittsburgh

Role of healthcare providers

(Why you?)

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Peggy Slota, DNP, RN, FAAN

Director, DNP Studies; Director, PM-DNP Program

Associate Professor Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies

ms3909@georgetown.edu

Pittsburgh

Pouné Saberi, MD, MPH

Board President

Physicians for Social Responsibility

poune@psrphila.org

Philadelphia

Air Quality

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Rachel Filippini

Executive Director

Group Against Smog & Pollution

rachel@gasp-pgh.org

Pittsburgh

Patrice Tomcik

National Oil & Gas Program Coordinator

Moms Clean Air Force

ptomcik@momscleanairforce.org

Pittsburgh

Safety (explosions, evacuation risk)

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Simona L. Perry, PhD

Research Director

c.a.s.e. Consulting Services & Pipeline Safety Coalition

communitypower.slp@gmail.com

Livestream

Carl Werntz, D.O., MPH, FACOEM, FAOCOPM

 Occupational Medicine Physician

Morgantown Occupational Medicine, PLLC

cwerntz1@gmail.com

 Pittsburgh

Community impacts and

mobilizing community

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Rebecca Britton

Uwchlan Safety Coalition

rebeccabritton50@yahoo.com

Philadelphia

Advocacy Training:

How to Organize Internally

Livestreamed

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Katie Huffling, RN, MS, CNM
Executive Director
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

katie@envirn.org

Advocacy Training:

How to Reach Policy Makers

Philadelphia

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Karen Feridun

Founder

Berks Gas Truth

berksgastruth@gmail.com

Advocacy Training:

How to Reach the Public

Philadelphia

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Tim Spiese

Board President

Lancaster Against Pipelines

timspiese@gmail.com

Closing Reception (no livestream)

Tom Neilson, Musician

tomneilsonmusic@yahoo.com

Philadelphia only (no recording)

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 MEDIA TOOLKIT

 

Overview:

We are getting ready to launch the first event in our three-part speed-learning and advocacy training in the health impacts of the unconventional gas development industry on October 13th. We have joined the Global Gas Down Frack Down, with individuals and groups across the world are organizing actions to connect their local fights against gas and fracking internationally on and around October 13th. Our communities and our climate cannot handle another generation of fossil fuels Use this kit to post about your own actions, share others’, and create a social media storm about our movement against gas and fracking!  This is part of the Reclaim Power two weeks of action. We hope you can join us. Please help us spread the word with the following communication tools:

 

Action Press Release: link for international press release [English]

Hashtags: #PAHealthCheckUp  #GasdownFrackdown  #ReclaimPower

Flyer: Download PDF Here

Facebook event: Here <https://www.facebook.com/events/254374548610913/>

Page to follow and amplify: @PhilaPSR @Gastivists, @FoodWaterEurope

Website:  https://www.psrphila.org/copy-of-pa-health-check-up-series

 https://gasdown-frackdown.org/

Registration Link: Here <https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E331391&id=24>

 

 

MEDIA TOOLKIT CONTENTS:

 

IMAGES

TWITTER

FACEBOOK

VIDEO

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IMAGES

More images to add to the posts can be found in this folder, examples below.

You can also download images in French and Spanish.

You can also use the logo or upload the banner to your facebook or twitter profile (examples below...)

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TWITTER (You can add pictures to your posts from the selection above)

Account to follow and amplify: @psrphila @Gastivists, @FoodWaterEurope

Hashtags: #PAHealthCheckUp #GasdownFrackdown #ReclaimPower

 

  • Register now!! PSR Phila is hosting the #PAHealthCheckUp, on October 13th, to provide healthcare professionals with information and tools necessary to protect health from fracking. #GasdownFrackdown More info at www.psrphila.org/pa-health-check-up-series

      

  • PSR Phila is hosting the #PAHealthCheckUp, a statewide, live-streamed, speed-learning and advocacy event on the health impacts of the unconventional gas development industry. It will be held October 13, from 9AM-4PM. Register here! www.psrphila.org/pa-health-check-up-series

    

  • Stay informed in a state notorious for fracking! PSR Phila is hosting the #PAHealthCheckUp, on October 13, to present valuable information to healthcare professionals working to address the health impacts of unconventional gas development. Register here: www.psrphila.org/pa-health-check-up-series

 

  • At the #PAHealthCheckUp on October 13, PSR Phila will present valuable information about the health impacts of fracking, and provide healthcare professionals with the tools necessary to address them. Visit www.psrphila.org/pa-health-check-up-series for more information!

 

 

  • Communities from Mexico to Greece are fighting against fossil gas infrastructure that grabs their land, poisons their water and their air. We stand in solidarity with these struggles. We say no to gas. #PAHealthCheckUp #GasdownFrackdown #ReclaimPower www.psrphila.org/pa-health-check-up-series

 

  • Gas is sold as a cleaner, greener ‘transition fuel’ - but we know it’s a false solution! We want community-owned just renewable energy now ! ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 #PAHealthCheckUp #GasdownFrackdown www.psrphila.org/pa-health-check-up-series

 

  • Fracking is an attack on local democracy. From Italy to South Africa, governments overrule local decisions in the favour of big oil and gas corporations. Communities fight back #PAHealthCheckUp #GasdownFrackdown www.psrphila.org/pa-health-check-up-series

 

  • If you don’t live near a pipeline or drilling site - you probably live near a bank that funds it or politician that support it! We stand together against gas and fracking #PAHealthCheckUp #GasdownFrackdown #ReclaimPower www.psrphila.org/pa-health-check-up-series

 

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FACEBOOK (You can add pictures to your posts from the selection below)

  • In a state notorious for fracking and unconventional gas extraction, PSR Philadelphia is using education to protect the health of PA citizens. On October 13, the day of Global Gasdown-Frackdown, PSR will host the first of a three-part, statewide, live-streamed, spreed-learning and advocacy series. The main objective will be to provide healthcare professionals with necessary information and tools to address the health impacts of the unconventional gas development industry. See the flyer below to learn more about and register for this event.

 

  • On October 13, Physicians for Social Responsibility will be hosting the #PAHealthCheckUp, a statewide, live-streamed, speed-learning and advocacy event! Valuable information will be presented to healthcare providers about the health impacts of fracking. Free breakfast and lunch will also be provided! Visit this link to learn more about and register for this necessary event: www.psrphila.org/pa-health-check-up-series

 

  • We are taking part in the Global #GasdownFrackdown 2018. Communities around the world are taking action against gas and fracking, demanding real solutions. The struggles against gas and fracking are local, but the fight is global. Our solidarity is international #PAHealthCheckUp #ReclaimPower

 

  • We are targeting the entire gas system: the industry and governments, the petrochemical giants and the banks who’re supporting the fossil gas boom and fracking infrastructure. If you don’t live near a pipeline or drilling site - you probably live near a bank that funds it or politician that support it! We stand together against gas and fracking #PAHealthCheckUp #GasdownFrackdown #ReclaimPower

 

  • From Nigeria to Australia, France to Mexico, a global movement against gas is rising. We are diverse, we are united, and we are taking action together with the #GasdownFrackdown #PAHealthCheckUp

 

  • Gas is sold as a cleaner, greener alternative to oil and coal - but we know it’s a false solution! Our communities and our climate cannot handle another generation of fossil fuels. We join communities from across the world taking action for real solutions #PAHealthCheckUp #GasdownFrackdown

 

  • Fracking is an attack on local democracy. From Italy to South Africa to the USA, governments overrule local decisions in the favor of big oil and gas corporations. Communities fight back #PAHealthCheckUp #GasdownFrackdown

 

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VIDEO

Share this video on the gas threat <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_hktBD-k0c>

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