Speeches, Testimony and Transcripts

Public Understanding of the Health Impacts of Climate Change

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's July 22, 2015 webcast, "Communicating the Connection Between Climate Change and Heat Health."

Engaging Your Audience

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's July 22, 2015 webcast, "Communicating the Connection Between Climate Change and Heat Health."

Welcome and Introduction

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's July 22, 2015 webcast, "Communicating the Connection Between Climate Change and Heat Health."

Hot City, Cool Surfaces

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's June 26, 2014 webcast, "Keeping Your Cool: How Communities Across the Country are Reducing the Heat Island Effect."

UHI Mitigation: The Tucson Story

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's June 26, 2014 webcast, "Keeping Your Cool: How Communities Across the Country are Reducing the Heat Island Effect."

Louisville Metro Government Office of Sustainability Urban Heat Island Reduction

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's June 26, 2014 webcast, "Keeping Your Cool: How Communities Across the Country are Reducing the Heat Island Effect."

Keeping Your Cool: How Communities Across the Country are Reducing the Heat Island Effect

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's June 26, 2014 webcast, "Keeping Your Cool: How Communities Across the Country are Reducing the Heat Island Effect."

Preparing for Heat: Minnesota Climate and Health Program Activities

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's July 22, 2015 webcast, "Communicating the Connection Between Climate Change and Heat Health."

Heat Islands, Public Health, and Urban Design: Connecting the Dots

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's August 19, 2015 webcast, "Improving Heat Health Resilience through Urban Infrastructure Planning and Design."

Urban Cool Islands for Public Health

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's August 19, 2015 webcast, "Improving Heat Health Resilience through Urban Infrastructure Planning and Design."

Exploring Environmental Health Data Using An Interactive Data Visualization Application

Data visualization tools or apps help to visually display many years of information using more than just a static map, scatter plot or table.

• Date: June 23, 2023
• By: Dr. Sala N. Senkayi

EPA Administrator Michael Regan's 2022 Earth Day Message to EPA Employees

EPA Administrator Michael Regan's 2022 Earth Day Message to EPA Employees

Supporting the Cancer Moonshot Effort at EPA

I learned that one of the best ways to fight cancer is to prevent it from occurring in the first place. EPA supports the Cancer Moonshot effort by understanding and preventing toxic and environmental exposures and preventing more cancers before they start.

• Date: April 4, 2024
• By: Danelle Lobdell

Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawai'i

Learn about EPA’s work to regulate and clean up the contamination caused by Red Hill Facility fuel releases, including the 2021-2022 drinking water emergency, plans for defueling and closing the Facility, and the 2015 and 2023 Consent Orders.

Speeches

Text of speeches prepared for delivery, by EPA Administrator and others and related links.

Small Sponsor, Big Results: Local Club Takes on Childs River Restoration

Falmouth Rod & Gun Club—a 75-year-old club with a maximum of 300 members—is spearheading an impressive effort to restore and enhance the upper Childs River. Prior industrial and agricultural use has polluted and choked off the river's flow.

Southeast New England Program and New England Environmental Finance Center Launch SNEP Network

Coming soon to your town - Southeast New England Program's SNEP Network. Check out how it can benefit NGOs, Tribes, and Municipalities.

Find it and Fix it: Citizen Science Combats Citizen Problems

Clean Ocean Access (COA), a Rhode Island-based nonprofit, formed in 2006 after a parking ban restricting beach accessibility stirred two local surfers to contact both Newport Police and City Council.

The Stormwater Innovation Center: A Unique Opportunity in an Unlikely Place

n 2017, the city of Providence, RI was issued a consent decree by the State, which required the construction and maintenance of 42 separate stormwater projects. This blossomed into an unexpected opportunity that inspired the creation of the Center.

The Pleasant Bay Alliance: Going Far by Going Together

The Pleasant Bay Alliance was created from a shared commitment to nutrient reduction throughout the Cape Cod towns of Brewster, Chatham, Harwich and Orleans. After nearly two decades of working together, the Alliance has quite a lot to show for it.