October 7, 2024

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Upcoming summit to spotlight environmental health concerns

Upcoming summit to spotlight environmental health concerns

Coachella Valley residents are invited to converge on Sept. 20-21 with environmental advocates, public health experts and local and state leaders at the Healthy Desert, Healthy You Summit in Rancho Mirage.

The Desert Healthcare District and Foundation will present the free summit, with community partners, to address the valley’s environmental health challenges. It will feature more than 30 panelists during 11 sessions over a day and a half, with “Empowering the community through resilient environments” as the overarching theme. Topics will range from “The Impact of Lithium Mining at the Salton Sea” to “Public Utilities for a Sustainable Future” and “Assessing the Health Risks of Regional Air Pollution.”

Both days will include a keynote address, which is expected to be a summit highlight. On Sept. 20, California Secretary for Environmental Protection Yana Garcia will speak. Garcia was appointed in August 2022 to state secretary by Gov. Gavin Newsom. In addition to advising Newsom on environmental policy, Garcia oversees the state’s efforts to fight climate change, protect air and water quality, regulate pesticides and toxic substances, achieve the state’s recycling and waste reduction goals and advance environmental justice.

Yana Garcia is nationally recognized as a groundbreaking environmental leader who has worked hard to uplift the voices of those from disadvantaged communities.

Since 2021, Garcia has served as Special Assistant Attorney General advising California Attorney General Rob Bonta on the California Department of Justice’s legal and policy matters pertaining to the environment, land law and natural resources, including the climate, transportation, energy and housing.

The keynote speech on Sept. 21 will be delivered by Nalleli Cobo, a young environmental activist who is gaining international renown. Cobo received the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize after she identified an oil-drilling site in her Los Angeles neighborhood as the source of her cancer diagnosis in 2020 and the illnesses of other residents. Her efforts succeeded in closing the drill when she was 19.

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