Event Type: Deadline/Reminder Event Sponsor: School of Dental Medicine Event Sponsor Department / Area: Prosthodontics department

Event Type: Multifaith Observance Event Sponsor: University Chaplaincy (Baha'i) The anniversary of the birth of Baha'u'llah, the founder of the Baha'i faith. Observances may include limits to participation in academics or work. 

Event Type: Deadline/Reminder Event Sponsor: School of Dental Medicine

Building: Curtis Hall City: Medford, MA 02155 Room: Curtis Hall - Multipurpose Room Campus: Medford/Somerville campus Wheelchair Accessible: Yes Open to Public: Yes Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences Event Sponsor Department / Area: Environmental Studies program RSVP Information: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Diy8I2qzRSGyj2DQG85PSQ Link: https://as.tufts.edu/environmentalstudies/news-events/hoch-cunningham-lecture-series#oct23 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has attempted to regulate CO2 under the 1970 Clean Air Act, which serves as the foundation of U.S. air pollution policy. Conservative and liberal Supreme Court justices alike have claimed that legislators in 1970 would have been unfamiliar with the climate-altering effects of CO2, and these assertions have supported arguments that the law should not be used to regulate against climate change. In collaborative research with colleagues at Harvard and Duke, Dr. Lanier-Christensen demonstrates this is false: Clean Air Act architects intended for CO2 and its potential climatic impacts to be covered by the law. Their findings demonstrate that legislators conceptualized CO2 as pollution akin to radioactive fallout, pesticides, and smog, and that this knowledge informed the landmark air pollution law. This research provides the definitive historical analysis of what Congress meant when they included “climate” in the law and aims to strengthen legal claims pertaining to the EPA’s ability to tackle climate change.