Environmental Impacts of Wildfires in California

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The California Council on Science & Technology (CCST), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization established via the California State Legislature to provide science and technology information on policy relevant issues, hosted the latest in its series of CCST Expert Briefings on Thursday April 4th at the State Capitol in collaboration with the California Environmental Legislative Caucus.

This briefing, “Environmental Impacts of Wildfires in California,” provides an overview of the impacts of wildfires to California’s air and water quality with experts from CSU Chico, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Introduction by:
Amber Mace, PhD
Interim Executive Director, CCST

Moderated by
Susan Hubbard, PhD
Associate Lab Director
Earth & Environmental Sciences Area
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
CCST Council Member

Experts:

Michelle Newcomer, PhD
Research Scientist
Climate & Ecosystem Sciences
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Mary Prunicki, PhD, MD
Instructor
Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research at Stanford University
Stanford University School of Medicine

Jackson Webster, PhD
Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering
California State University, Chico