In collaboration with the Children’s Environmental Health Network, this webinar will present the documented and emerging health exposures associated with large scale data center development, including turbine and diesel generator emissions, water withdrawal, and utility cost burden in already overburdened communities. Drawing on field experience with frontline residents and local decision makers, this engaging session will identify where public health practitioners can best support.
Learning objectives:
- Characterize the primary exposure pathways associated with data center siting and operation and identify the population health indicators most likely to be affected.
- Explain how air permitting, zoning, and utility approval processes distribute these exposures across communities, and where health data can inform those decisions.
About the Presenter
LaTricea Adams, MAT, Ed.S., a native of Memphis, Tennessee, is the Founder and CEO of Young, Gifted & Green, an organization focused on environmental justice and civil rights. Ms. Adams is a proud HBCU graduate from Tennessee State University and a member of the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Environmental Health Council. She was the youngest African American woman and only K-12 educator appointed to the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, where she was a champion for children’s and maternal health. Throughout her career, she has held various leadership roles in local & state government, nonprofits, K-12 education, environment, policy, and public health. LaTricea has received numerous accolades for her activism and environmental justice work like the Children’s Environmental Health Center’s Child Advocate of the Year.