National Academy of Natural Sciences – Sen. Bob Casey and Climate Change

Sen. Bob Casey in a talk and panel discussion on the effects of climate change on Pennsylvanians, especially children, and also initiatives to promote clean energy. The event is co-hosted with PennEnvironment. The panelists are Patrick McDonnell, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection; Jerry Fagliano, MPH, PhD, chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health; and Adam Garber, deputy director of PennEnvironment. In light of the recent election, there has been a lot of discussion about the trend of changing weather patterns across the globe and the future of initiatives in this country to address the effects on people and the environment. Casey and a panel of health and other officials will address these issues in the first Academy Town Square of the year.