Dr. Kay Kreiss - Citizens Climate Lobby To Speak at Chamber Luncheon. / Hal Spackman Brief Update on Alaska Day Brew Fest

Weekly luncheons are held every Wednesday at noon. Enjoy great food, dynamic speakers, and exciting networking opportunities. Chamber luncheons are open to the public. Chamber members receive special member-only pricing.

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Menu
Picnic Chicken, Creamy Slaw, Buttermilk Biscuits

Speaker
Kay Kreiss - Citizens Climate Lobby

Topic
Citizens Climate Lobby is creating political will to significantly reduce fossil fuel emissions that result in weather extremes, rising sea level, and ocean acidification ? all of which are Alaska issues. CCL?s solution is to impose a rising fee on fossil fuels at their point of extraction. Learn the details of this promising proposal and hear the latest on growing Congressional bipartisan support.


Biography
Before her retirement to Sitka a year ago, Kay Kreiss was an occupational lung disease physician who had worked at the Centers for Disease Control?s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for 20 years. She had her undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard and trained in internal medicine and preventive medicine. She taught scores of physicians and other health professionals at the University of Colorado and then at CDC. Over the course of her medical career, she published 214 scientific papers and discovered new diseases such as "popcorn lung" from inhaling butter flavorings. She achieved many national awards for lifetime science achievement, service, partnership, and public health leadership.