The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has published a new Climate Change Position Statement in 2020. Through its second published climate change position statement, NEHA...
Can I tell you how happy I am that I found the Climate for Health Ambassadors program? I was environmentally conscious, hoping others felt the...
This week, Trust for America’s Health and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health released a new report, Climate Change & Health: Assessing State...
On December 2, the 2020 global report of the Lancet Countdown on Health & Climate Change was released, along with the Policy Brief for the...
ecoAmerica’s most recent contribution to the National Environmental Health Association’s Journal of Environmental Health was published in the December 2020 issue, “Ambition, Restoration, and Justice:...
In a recent opinion piece in Scientific American, Drs. Howard Frumkin and Richard J. Jackson make the case for creating a National Institute of Climate Change...
Since moving away from California eight years ago, I’ve longed to come back home. I spent the first 18 years of my life in the...
The Salish Sea spans through what is currently known as Washington State and British Columbia and is blessed with an abundance of resources that have...
The United States is home to more than 570 individual federally-recognized Indian tribes. Each one of these distinct Tribal nations is facing the challenge of...
On our most recent Let’s Talk Climate episode, we were joined by Dr. Neelu Tummala, an ear, nose, and throat physician and clinical assistant professor...
Southeast Alaska is a place like no other. Coastal brown bears stalk the shores, old growth forests grow tall and salmon serve as the lifeblood...
Every summer when I was a child, my father took my brother and me over to our Blackfeet reservation near Browning, Montana, for a big...
As we prepare to enter the voting booth this Election Day, partisan politics may dominate the headlines, but there are far more important issues at...
My commute to Manati, a town located in the northwestern part of the island of Puerto Rico, was a time of relaxation away from the...
Plogging is jogging while picking trash. Plalking is walking while litter-picking. Plurfing is gathering plastic while surfing. #fillabag is when you find a bag and...
Last summer, one of my patients, a 10-year-old boy I’ll call James, came to see me for a sports physical before starting a summer sports...
As pediatricians and trainees, we have all experienced moral awakenings that have compelled us to take action to protect children. As I step outside each...
As a Pediatrician, I am well-versed in providing guidance to families to keep their kids healthy. Cut back on sugary drinks. At least 1 hour...
Halloween. Daylights Savings. Wildfire smoke. Evacuations. Power outages. All of these things are associated with transitions from summer to fall in Northern California. This year...
I am a pediatrician and I advocate on behalf of America’s greatest resource – our children. The first patient that died under my care was...
Time is harder to keep track of these days, and we continue to face compounding crises assaulting our health, environment, democracy, and economy. But, just...
On September 22, 2020, the first day of autumn, an equinox occurred marking when the sun passed directly over the earth’s equator. Prior to and...
In the present moment, and mere days before World Environmental Health Day on September 26, the intersection between climate change and preparedness is, sadly, quite...
In the midst of a global pandemic, with climate disasters raging across the country, many Americans are laser focused on one date: November 3. “The...
Last month, as part of American Climate Leadership Summit 2020, 17 national organizations publicly announced the Social Climate Leadership Group (SCLG), a newly formed effort...
Path to Positive Utah and board member of our partner Utah Clean Energy Dr. Jeff Robison, the director of the Global, Rural, and Underserved Child...
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) partnered with ecoAmerica to host a Climate for Health Ambassadors training on July 6, 2020. This training...
Although the recent swell of a global pandemic and exposure of the deep-rooted heinous incidents of police brutality have incited protests, triggered a wave of...
On a recent Let’s Talk Climate episode, I sat down with Surili Patel from the American Public Health Association (APHA) to discuss one of their...
Health professionals have an ethical responsibility to take action to protect the health of our patients and communities. They have a unique opportunity to influence...
On this special episode of ecoAmerica’s Let’s Talk Climate series, I had a conversation with Gloria Barrera, RN, and Jerome Paulson, MD, about engaging their...
In February, the Georgia American Academy of Pediatrics’ Board of Directors voted to adopt a resolution on climate change and child health. The resolution, now...
Our children are our most valuable resources, yet their health and that of their families and communities have not been at the forefront of our...
“There is nothing more important to the health of our children than the health of our planet.” With this assertion, Janis Hogan, Maine’s National Association...
Last September, JAMA Network Open (JNO), the online, open-access version of one of the country’s most highly regarded medical journals, put out a “call for...
On June 11, I had the honor and privilege to engage in an energizing and powerful conversation about “Environmental Racism, Climate Justice, and Health” with...
We premiered our Let’s Talk Climate webcast series with a trio of speakers sharing information and insights on the impacts climate change is having on...
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics and ecoAmerica took a moment to reflect on our partnership...
Our fundamental mission as healthcare providers is to protect the health of our patients. While heroic worldwide efforts are underway to combat COVID-19, the greatest...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has revealed how important local outdoor spaces are for comfort, activity and solitude. Many people are finding a new...
The must-attend, go-to webcast discussion for the most current and best thinking on climate change ecoAmerica is introducing Let’s Talk Climate to provide guidance and support to...
The last few months have posed a unique challenge for all of us: stay away from each other in order to stay healthy. Physical distancing...
COVID-19 and the practice of physical distancing have recently challenged families and educators in unprecedented ways. Many caregivers and young people are feeling restless and...
Today we want to celebrate the amazing work being done by each and every one of you— whether you are on the frontlines of treating patients, educating your...
We’re all trying to orient ourselves to a new world. We are amidst a fast-moving pandemic and economic contraction, and immediately concerned about our families...
As the changing climate continues to challenge our planet, a most noticeable impact has affected our coastal waters. Ocean water temperatures are becoming warmer. Accordingly,...
Climate for Health was thrilled to host the webinar, Mobilizing Action for Climate, Health, and Equity, as part of National Public Health Week 2020.[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMMQOSv_pNQ[/embed]We heard...
When the Earth Moves reclaims the authentic story and original vision of Earth Day as a bipartisan and socially just environmental movement and highlights the...
“More than 500 Oregon Health Leaders Declare Climate Change A Public Health Emergency” – this was the headline of a story playing on the local...
Thank you to all who joined us at the American Climate Leadership Awards Virtual Ceremony on March 25! Congratulations to the winner, CALPIRG Students, who...
Please join us for the American Climate Leadership Awards Virtual Ceremony this Wednesday, March 25, at 1pm ET via Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/850161088. We received over 200 submissions...
Q: Share some recent ways that NEHA has been walking the talk on climate and health?A: The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) was honored to...
In the interest of our individual and collective health and wellbeing, ecoAmerica is rescheduling the American Climate Leadership Summit to August 26-27, 2020. Given current...
“I’ve made it a priority to advocate for healthy environments, and raise awareness on climate change as a school nurse and nursing professor. One of...
Last week I gave a presentation entitled “The Health Effects of Climate Damage” for Grand Rounds in the Department of Internal Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth...
The National Children’s Health and Climate Leadership Forum will bring together more than 100 leaders from organizations dedicated to children’s well-being to increase awareness, inspire...
Great news at the state level in the Commonwealth of Virginia: Changes are taking place in state government to address Climate.After a series of recent...
Climate change is the greatest health threat of our time, and in response, health professionals across the U.S. and around the world are stepping into...
Earlier this month, I attended the Climate for Health Ambassadors Training at The University of Utah in Salt Lake City. As someone who is heavily...
Editor’s note: Climate for Health and Blessed Tomorrow invited two leaders to share their thoughts on the intersections of faith and health in addressing climate...
ecoAmerica’s Let’s Talk Climate: Messages to Motivate Americans encourages us to:Connect climate action to moral responsibility for future generationsFocus on family and childrenHighlight healthProject a...
While there may be different motivations and pathways, studies and scripture have led us to the same conclusion: faith and health leaders alike recognize the...
We love our children. And that comes with certain responsibilities. Providing them with clean air, clean water, and healthy sustainable communities with access to natural...
While there are several sources of carbon emissions that contribute to global temperature rise, the buildings sector accounts for 39% of annual US carbon emissions...
In a new white paper, Physicians for Social Responsibility Board Member, Dr. Alan Lockwood, has drawn on the content of the three major climate reports...
For almost 50 years, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been fulfilling its mission to protect human health and the environment. In fact, before the...
Climate change presents increasingly serious, complex challenges to the public’s health. In response to these challenges, the American Public Health Association’s Center for Climate, Health and Equity inspires...
By biking, walking, and rolling you are improving your physical and mental health and addressing one of the biggest contributors to climate change – emissions from...
Last week, we joined more than 70 health and medical groups to launch The Call to Action on Climate, Health and Equity: A Policy Action Agenda to...
Today the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) and Climate for Health announced that the Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health, a nurse-led initiative...
On Tuesday, June 11 Climate for Health co-hosted a live Tweetchat with Salud America! on the topic of air quality and pollution. We used the...
This July, the American Public Health Association is bringing students and early-career professionals from all over the country to Washington, D.C., to speak for health....
Summer means playing outside, swimming at the pool, and, according to the American Lung Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, unique climate impacts to...
Climate change is a health emergency and requires collaboration across sectors; from healthcare professionals to research scientists, from urban planners to nonprofit organizations, from seasoned...
I live in Washington, DC and every morning when I walk outside, there is a thin layer of pollen that has accumulated…everywhere! I have a little...
The Lancet, one of the oldest and most prestigious medical journals, published “A Call for Clinicians to Act on Planetary Health” on April 19, 2019,...
While climate change affects human health in various ways, certain populations, such as pregnant women, the developing fetus, and children are more vulnerable to climate-related...
Talking to people about climate change can feel like a tightrope act. You need to snag their interest, and you want them to understand why...
Last fall, several national and international academies issued reports on the impacts of climate change, including on human health. From the IPCC to NCA4, WHO,...
Images, photos, and news coverage of climate change impacts tend to zoom in on the urban consequences- flooding in the streets after a large rain...
Throughout the years, nurses have played a vital role in addressing the many environmental hazards that affect human health. From advocating for safe workplace conditions...
[caption id="attachment_3723" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo by Christin Hume on Unsplash[/caption] If Americans are hearing anything about climate change, it is likely the bad news. Our...
[caption id="attachment_3704" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo by Brendan Church on Unsplash[/caption] Climate change impacts all Americans, but presents itself differently in every corner of the U.S.,...
As we transition into 2019 and welcome a new Congress, there is renewed hope for climate action. While political gridlock remains the greatest impediment to...
As part of the National Environmental Health Association’s partnership with Climate for Health, we are addressing climate change through clean energy solutions. NEHA’s Board of...
Last month’s election results sent a clear message: Americans consider climate change a top priority, and they want elected office holders to act. As the...
Starting meaningful conversations about climate change with our friends, neighbors, colleagues, and policymakers has been a challenge in the past. How do you bring up...
[caption id="attachment_3537" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo from Pixabay user MaggiePoo[/caption] It’s that time of year again. Pumpkins are being carved, meals are being prepared, and most...
Last month, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their special report outlining the consequence of a changing climate, and the measures...
[caption id="attachment_3451" align="alignleft" width="300"] Robin Loznak/ Our Children’s Trust[/caption] October is traditionally celebrated as children’s health month. This is a time to bring attention to health...
With elections just around the corner, and recent news coverage about politicians talking about climate change, Americans are beginning to think about the candidates and issues they...
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), in partnership with Climate for Health, a program of ecoAmerica, has developed a five-minute video featuring NEHA members’ success stories addressing climate change...
The midterm elections are just around the corner, and many Americans are beginning to have political discussions with their friends and families, colleagues, and communities....
Extreme weather conditions linked to climate change have impacted the environment, economy, and health of communities throughout the world. Recently in the U.S. alone there...
The voices of health professionals on climate solutions have been steadily rising and the health sector is stepping up to mitigate our own climate impact...
This election season has been filled with reports showing the widening partisan divide in America. Opinion gaps are growing on topics such as poor and...
Louisiana is known as a sportsman’s paradise, Florida is vacationland and, as we all know, everything is bigger in Texas. Unfortunately, that can be a...
Everywhere we turn it seems we bump up against something political. The news we watch, the athletes we support and even the restaurants where we...
Throughout the country, Americans are noticing something different about the weather. The seasons feel warmer, wildfires seem worse, and floods and hurricanes are more severe....
Whether Americans are looking out their windows, or turning on the local news, we are increasingly confronted by severe weather events — unprecedented droughts, storms,...
Nurses approach health from a holistic and comprehensive viewpoint. That holistic view of health is foundational to advocacy work I do as a member of...
Within the climate community, one of the greatest areas of debate is the role of nuclear energy in the mix of climate solutions. Nuclear power...
ecoAmerica and Climate for Health are joining the Children’s Environmental Health Network to put #ChildrenAtTheCenter. In January, CEHN launched a monthly education-to-action series as part...
Download Summary On May 15, ecoAmerica and Climate for Health convened more than 50 health leaders for the National Climate and Health Leadership Forum, co-hosted...
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all people are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, and among these are...
As nurses, we know that clean air is essential for human health. Yet many people in the United States are living in areas with unhealthy...
Americans’ attitudes on climate are changing, and the change is in a positive direction. To better understand how these views are evolving, and what that...
Download Talking Points The discourse around a warming world often gets hung up on politics, but what Americans really care about — and want to...
Addressing climate change can be overwhelming and daunting. However, NEHA and its Climate Change Program are up for the challenge. NEHA is meeting this task...
Are Americans looking to leaders outside of the political arena for guidance on climate change? ecoAmerica and Lake Research Partners set out to find this...
Climate change is today’s greatest public health challenge. While all of us will experience the health impacts of climate change, some groups, including tribal communities, are...
I often struggle to instill in undergraduate nursing students the concept of inequity and why this is an important concept to understand for their nursing practice....
A clean energy future is within our grasp. We can have locally-made energy from the wind and the sun that ensures our air is clean...
We’ve all heard the expression, “If you build it, they will come.” Does it apply to bike lanes and cyclists? If we paint some lanes...
Isaac Newton’s third law of motion is: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Recalling our physics lessons might give us some insight...
Since the start of our profession, nurses have made the connection between a healthy environment and improved health. Having clean air to breathe and clean...
“Legacy” is defined, in part, as “something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor from the past.” We often think about legacies in...
Health professionals have always been on the front lines of caring for their patients and advocating for solutions to America’s most pressing public health concerns....
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it...
Most of what Americans heard from the Trump Administration in its first year focused on dismissing climate change as a human-made problem, undermining the legitimacy...
It can be hard to have a positive discussion on climate change. It is a complex issue. Many of us are in our ideological information...
It’s here! The Recommendations Report from the 2017 American Climate Leadership Summit, “Taking Up the Mantle,” was published at the close of last year. On October 25 and 26,...
Following on the success of our Let's Talk series of guides, ecoAmerica has released Let's Lead on Climate, a new guide featuring success stories from local...
Each week, Climate for Health shares the past week’s most interesting and useful climate stories. Check in to learn about major developments in climate and...
Following on the success of our Let's Talk series of guides, ecoAmerica has released Let's Lead on Climate, a new guide featuring success stories from...
Each week, Climate for Health shares the past week’s most interesting and useful climate stories. Check in to learn about major developments in climate and...
Climate change is one of the most pressing public health problems of our time. But it is also one of the greatest opportunities to make...
During its Annual Meeting & Expo last fall, the American Public Health Association and Climate for Health’s parent organization, ecoAmerica, held the first-ever Learning Institute:...
Each week, Climate for Health shares the past week’s most interesting and useful climate stories. Check in to learn about major developments in climate and...
Each week, Climate for Health shares the past week’s most interesting and useful climate stories. Check in to learn about major developments in climate and...
ecoAmerica's 2017 American Climate Leadership Summit will take place at the National Press Club in Washington, DC October 25-26. At the Summit, attendees from across...
Each week, Climate for Health shares the past week’s most interesting and useful climate stories. Check in to learn about major developments in climate and...
October is Children's Environmental Health Month and October 12th is Children's Environmental Health Day, a day set aside to spread awareness of and promote action...
Each week, Climate for Health shares the past week’s most interesting and useful climate stories. Check in to learn about major developments in climate and...
During its Annual Meeting & Expo last fall, the American Public Health Association and Climate for Health’s parent organization, ecoAmerica, held the first-ever Learning Institute:...
This is the Year of Climate Change and Health, a 12-month American Public Health Association-led initiative with monthly themes meant to raise awareness of and mobilize...
Each week, Climate for Health shares the past week’s most interesting and useful climate stories. Check in to learn about major developments in climate and...
This weekend marks the conclusion of Climate Week 2017, which coincided with the meeting of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. A project of...
Each week, Climate for Health shares the past week’s most interesting and useful climate stories. Check in to learn about major developments in climate and...
Each week, Climate for Health shares the past week’s most interesting and useful climate stories. Check in to learn about major developments in climate and...
The American Public Health Association (APHA) has identified 2017 as the Year of Climate Change and Health. APHA has further assigned each month of 2017...
Each week, Climate for Health shares the past week’s most interesting and useful climate stories. Check in to learn about major developments in climate and...
Each week, Climate for Health shares the past week’s most interesting and useful climate stories. Check in to learn about major developments in climate and...
In this opinion piece in STAT, a national publication committed to topics and scientific discoveries in health and medicine, authors Gary Yohe, PhD, professor of economics and...
Every Monday, Climate for Health shares the past week’s most interesting and useful climate stories. Check in to learn about major developments in climate and...
With inaction on climate policy at the federal level, hope can at times be at a low ebb for those who care about public health...
Every Monday, Climate for Health shares the past week’s most interesting and useful climate stories. Check in to learn about major developments in climate and...
Every Monday, Climate for Health shares the past week’s most interesting and useful climate stories. Check in to learn about major developments in climate and...
As the federal government waivers and remains gridlocked on policy to protect the public’s health from the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions, this week marked...
Every Monday, Climate for Health shares the past week’s most interesting and useful climate stories. Check in to learn about major developments in climate and...
Every Monday, Climate for Health shares the past week’s most interesting and useful climate stories. Check in to learn about major developments in climate and...
During its Annual Meeting & Expo last fall, the American Public Health Association and Climate for Health’s parent organization, ecoAmerica, held the first-ever Learning Institute:...
Every Monday, Climate for Health shares the past week’s most interesting and useful climate stories. Check in to learn about major developments in climate and...
In the last few weeks since beginning my new position as Program Manager of ecoAmerica’s Climate for Health program, I’ve had the opportunity to participate...
While the Trump administration is busy cutting back environmental regulations that support and promote the public's health, it is also making it more difficult for...
The dangers posed by a changing climate are pervasive, from threats to our individual health from vector-based disease to inequality and disruptions to our food...
Nourbese Flint is the Policy Director and Manager of Reproductive Justice Programming for Black Women for Wellness and a Climate Day LA speaker. Tell us about your...
Rachelle Wenger is the Director of Public Policy & Community Advocacy of Dignity Health and a scheduled speaker for Climate Day LA 2017. Tell us about your...
On June 12th and 13th, almost 100 nursing professionals from around the country came to Washington, D.C. to attend the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy...
Summer’s here, and that means heat waves, which are often amplified by climate change. “Deadly heat waves could endanger 74% of mankind, study says,” by...
During its Annual Meeting & Expo last fall, the American Public Health Association and Climate for Health’s parent organization, ecoAmerica, held their first-ever Learning Institute:...
This past week saw Washington lagging behind on climate even as the rest of America was stepping up. “EPA: Air pollution rule should be delayed--despite...
When President Donald J. Trump announced on June 1 that he intends to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Paris Agreement, many of us...
Leaders from all across America and the globe continued to make climate pledges and plans in the wake of the President's rejection of the Paris...
Should we be talking about the health impacts of climate change with our patients in the emergency department (ED)? Admittedly, this is a question I...
Top of the news this week was the President's June 1 decision to pull out of the Paris Accord on climate change. "Trump announces...
During the last weekend in April, while millions took peacefully to the streets for climate marches, nearly 400 people--hailing from 28 countries and 30 states...
This past week, the President traveled abroad for a two-day summit of the Group of Seven nations. There members leaned on him to join the...
During its Annual Meeting & Expo last fall, the American Public Health Association and Climate for Health’s parent organization, ecoAmerica, held the first-ever Learning Institute:...
U.N. climate negotiations concluded in Bonn, Germany on Thursday with delegates pressing on despite the Trump Administration's possible pulling out of the Paris pact. Nevertheless,...
Medical students often complain that we don’t have enough time to do the things we want to do (outside of coursework) because of medical school’s...
Last week, we got several pieces of good news on the climate politics front: "Trump administration delays decision on leaving climate pact,” by Coral Davenport...
Registration is now open for the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE)’s Climate Change, Health, and Nursing: A Call to Action conference, to be...
Pressure is mounting for America to #LeadOnClimate. As last week came to a close, political leaders, the international community, and his daughter Ivanka all were...
Saturday, April 29 brought some weird weather to Washington, D.C.: scorching, 90-degree temperatures. But for tens of thousands of dedicated people in the nation’s capital,...
From the White House to the streets of Washington, D.C. and beyond, environmental politics dominated the news this week. President Trump signed two new executive...
During its Annual Meeting & Expo last fall, the American Public Health Association and Climate for Health’s parent organization, ecoAmerica, held the first-ever Learning Institute:...
Climate change was front and center in the news this week, culminating in Earth Day and a March for Science in Washington, D.C. and other...
This week, ecoAmerica intern Matthew Mueller (at left) shares his personal and professional experiences with climate change and its intersection with health care. In his...
This week, while the Federal Government pushed ahead on efforts to roll back progress on climate and health, most other sectors charged forward to implement...
The following essay by Lise Van Susteren, M.D., originally appeared in the medical journal Clinical Psychiatry News. Dr. Van Susteren, a member of Climate for...
Last week, the Trump Administration was touting a revival of dirty energy and the federal Bureau of Land Management even briefly changed its homepage image...
On March 29, ecoAmerica, Climate for Health, and the American Psychological Association released a new report, "Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and...
It was hard to miss President Trump’s Executive Order on March 28, which essentially “repealed and replaced” the Obama Clean Power Plan and its strict...
During its Annual Meeting & Expo last fall, the American Public Health Association and Climate for Health’s parent organization, ecoAmerica, held the first-ever Learning Institute:...
Climate change is an issue that is increasingly impacting the health of our population, as we see the far-reaching and sometimes drastic effects take hold....
This post first appeared on APHA's Public Health Newswire 2017 is the Year of Climate Change and Health, a 12-month APHA-led initiative to raise awareness...
Our research and experience tell us the best way to inspire broad engagement and public support on climate across a large swath of Americans is...
The Climate & Health Meeting in Atlanta on February 16 brought together more than 300 health professionals, scientists, climate advocates, and public officials for a...
Our nation’s leading climate and health experts (as far as we know) did not go so far as appropriating the now iconic phrase, “s/he persisted,”...
For 15 consecutive years, an annual Gallup poll has found that nursing is the most trusted profession in America. Some 84 percent of the public...
Last week's Climate Change and Health Meeting dominated headlines. Hosted by former Vice President Al Gore, the event was held on February 16 at the...
From architecture to medicine to water management, many professional organizations are already educating their members on issues related to climate change. But given its impacts...
In climate politics, there's much speculation about what Congress and the President may or may not do. Government veterans have been weighing in on what...
Richard Jackson, M.D., M.P.H., is a pediatrician and a professor of environmental health sciences and urban planning at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health,...
With 22 executive actions taken in his first two week in office, President Trump has been pushing dramatic policy changes, even as Congress moved quickly...
On January 12, 2017, the American Public Health Association (APHA) launched its Year of Climate Change and Health (YOCCH) to raise awareness of the health...
Few missed the drama of President Trump’s first week in office, which included a temporary freeze on science communications from federal agencies and the pre-emptive...
Residents of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states are healthier these days, thanks to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). According to a new, independent analysis...
The news was sobering during a week that began with Congress' moves to repeal Obamacare and culminated in the inauguration of a President who denies...
This week's guest authors are Phil Polakoff M.D., a consulting professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and executive producer/host of A HEALTHIER ME,™ a...
This week, one of President Obama’s last, was heavy on politics. The Commander in Chief took final acts on behalf of the environment, and Congress...
Sun, rain, or snow, walking is an eco-friendly form of exercise most people can do throughout their lifetime. According to U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy,...
We don't want you to miss a thing when it comes to climate and health news. And now we're including the reporters' names so you...
Donald Trump is under pressure to divest himself of his business holdings, which may create a conflict of interest once he is President. As the...
New year, new feature! We know how busy health professionals are, so each Monday morning, the Climate for Health blog will catch you up by...
The effects (and causes) of climate change affect everyone the world over. But exactly how they will affect our health, and to what extent, depends...
As 2016 draws to a close, the United States is being pulled in two directions. As signatories to the 2015 Paris Agreement, we are committed...
Ten years ago, Dr. Susan Pacheco, a pediatric immunologist/allergist at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston, was concerned about the...
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to reverse much of the progress our nation has made on climate. His recent appointment of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott...
One of ecoAmerica’s major goals for 2017, according to president Bob Perkowitz, is to “ramp up discussion on climate equity with our partners” and to...
During the Thanksgiving holiday, you may have had a chance to discuss climate change and the recent elections at gatherings with family and friends (or...
Since its founding in 2008, the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE), a member organization of Climate for Health, has been fulfilling a mission...
Climate for Health just returned from another invigorating American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting. This year’s conference, held at the Colorado Convention Center in...
Ready, set, heal the planet! Jonathan Pershing, Ph.D., the United States’ special envoy for climate change, is now in Marrakech, Morocco, one of the official...
The fourth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy on October 29 was a sobering reminder of the unique professional and personal challenges faced by health professionals who...
Richard Jackson, MD, MPH, is a Professor at the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. A pediatrician, he has...
When we think of climate change, the images we conjure up often have to do with melting glaciers, rising sea levels, and severe drought. These...
Air pollution has obvious impacts on our environment. Its effects on our forests, lakes and rivers are not new. Remember acid rain? Burning of fossil...
In this politically heated time of year, many of us are tired of finger pointing, name-calling and divisiveness. Let’s get real: a mild case of...
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), one of Climate for Health's partners, has been working for more than 50 years to create a healthy, just and...
Health Care Without Harm, one of Climate for Health's partners, aims to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a...
On September 30th from 1pm to 2pm ET, our research team will present a free webinar to give attendees and in-depth look at our new communications guide,...
Climate change is altering our environment and, subsequently, our health. From increased rates of seasonal allergies and asthma to expanding the reach of vector-borne diseases,...
This year’s American Public Health Association Annual Meeting will take place in Denver from October 29 - November 2. Learning Institutes are half- or full-day...
Mollie Marti, PhD, JD, is President and CEO of the nonprofit National Resilience Institute with a mission of growing human resilience before, during, and after...
Never underestimate the value of your ideas. It’s easy to discount the whimsical thoughts that may pass through our heads while exercising, taking a shower,...
It’s easy to be fooled that warmer winters and less rainfall are some of climate change’s more pleasant outcomes. Who doesn’t love rain-free picnics and...
Dr. Susan Clayton is an environmental psychologist and chair of the environmental studies program at the College of Wooster in Ohio, and co-author of the...
In the heat of mid-summer, many of us partake in the time-honored tradition of heading to a state or county fair to ogle over the...
Dr. Lise Van Susteren is an American psychiatrist in private practice in Washington, DC with a special interest in the psychological effects of climate change....
Richard Jackson, MD, MPH, is a Professor at the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. A pediatrician, he has...
The hills of Kern County were ablaze last week as wildfires swept across California's breadbasket, the Southern San Joaquin Valley. Brought on by severe heat...
The average scientist and clergyman may not, on the surface, seem to have a whole lot in common. It’s possible they have vastly different viewpoints...
Dr. Lise Van Susteren is an American psychiatrist in private practice in Washington, DC with a special interest in the psychological effects of climate change....
Recently, a 12-year-old ukulele player named Grace VanderWaal appeared on America’s Got Talent and performed what I would call one of the most beautiful original...
A recording of Climate for Health’s second webinar in our four-part series, “Making the Connection: Climate Changes Children’s Health,” jointly hosted by the American Public...
Putting Their Heart into It For decades, teams of environmental advocates have worked tirelessly to raise concerns about air pollution with local policymakers, in Washington,...
Kathy Attar is the Toxics Program Manager at Physicians for Social Responsibility. She holds a Masters in Public Health degree from UCLA. Last week, the...
If you’re a parent, you’ve heard your child exclaim something in life “isn’t fair”; the portion of ice cream, the amount of time on the...
We all have our idiosyncrasies. People are quirky, and the way we operate is not always rational or deliberate. Some of us know exercise is...
Despite well-researched reports showing that climate change is affecting health right now in America, only about 1/3 of Americans are aware of the risks. Most...
In America, our diversity defines us. The “melting pot” created from our heterogeneous population is what makes our country unique. With varying ethnic backgrounds,...
From May through June, the American Public Health Association and ecoAmerica will co-sponsor a four-part webinar series entitled "Making the Connection: Climate Changes Health". The...
Though the polar bear on an iceberg remains the iconic image of global warming, it's clear that the impacts from climate change on the human...
According to a new study in Nature Climate Change, highlighting personal risk from climate change and the consequences of inaction offer the most motivating evidence...
They say politics breed strange bedfellows. Evidently, good ideas breed new allies. Across the country, burgeoning coalitions in many states have come together in support...
Desperate times call for desperate measures and, given the state of our global climate, it seems we need to dig deep to create a viable...
A recent conference at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) entitled "BREATHE" outlined the high costs of air pollution alongside the tremendous benefits...
"As hospitals across the country look for ways to reduce environmental impact, it makes sense to start with the departments that have the largest environmental...
"By using more clean energy, we also avoid some very dangerous health threats, particularly for those who are most vulnerable - our children," writes Dr....
An assessment by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), called for under President Obama's Climate Action Plan and released earlier this week, discusses the...
According to a new study published in Nature Climate Change, several key crops will be drastically affected, if not made extinct, by climate change. The...
In March, a group of 125 Minnesota physicians, nurses, public health professionals and students delivered a letter to Minnesota’s legislators. The letter urged senators and...
Working on climate solutions is not all sunshine and rainbows. Health professionals who take on climate work have strategies to develop, teams to build, and...
National Public Health Week 2016 Twitter Chat (#NPHWchat) — Wednesday, April 6 at 2PM — This year, the American Public Health Association (APHA) will...
Recent news explains why a vegetarian diet is most ideal for our environment, and for stemming climate change. But how about the reverse? What will...
The upcoming National Climate Assessment, the guiding document for federal, state and local climate policy in this country, must be crafted carefully with key listeners...
So long are the days when medical care was limited to addressing broken legs and fevers. Now, climate change is also a medical matter. Health...
Last week, on World Meterological Day and in recognition that extreme weather has become the new normal, the United Nations encouraged bold action on climate...
If Americans consumed less meat, we'd be less obese and generally healthier. These improvements would lead us to economic savings from healthcare costs, says a...
A recent study by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates that 23 percent of deaths that occur each year, affecting nearly 12.6 million people, are...
A new report released by Puget Sound Sage and Got Green, based on interviews with 175 residents and 30 organizations, reveals that the poor and...
As the challenges of our changing climate increasingly affect human health, schools of public health and medicine must begin to weave lessons in about how...
Barbara Gottlieb is the Director of Environment & Health for Physicians for Social Responsibility Progress to slow the pace of climate change is uneven, and...
An increasing number of nurses and doctors around the country understand the overlaps between climate change and public health. As nurse Jan VanRiper, director of...
What would America pay to prevent 300,000 lives in the next 15 years? You may, instead, want to turn this question around to ask: How...
The impact of climate change on global temperatures is wreaking havoc on our environment. Last week's record of more than two degrees Celsius above “normal”...
Climate for Health is a national initiative led by a diverse network of health leaders from across the health sector representing key health care, public...
A sizeable new study in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology reveals the overlap between women with asthma and their significantly increased chances of...
The climate negotiations in Paris were a wonderful way to jumpstart climate solutions. But they were only just that: a start. Now, those of us...
The National Prevention Council, chaired by the Surgeon General, has created an Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health. This Presidentially...
As Bill McKibben writes in his op-ed below, last week's temperature readings across the northern hemisphere read two degrees Celsius above “normal” for the first...
With all the recent talk of California's Porter Ranch, methane leaks have become a hot topic. When a problem this big arises out of thin...
A study published in The Lancet last week finds that climate change could account for more than 500,00 deaths in 2050 because it creates a...
A recent issue of the Annals of Global Health explores the health implications of climate change. In the issue, the authors encourage action to help...
Acrosss the country, public health professionals, parents, professors and physicians are mobilizing to show their support for the Clean Power Plan. This, following an announcement...
As Climate for Health leader and well-known psychiatrist Lise Van Susteren recently explained in our leader spotlight, climate change is having significant adverse impacts on...
Hospitals generate greenhouse gases in a variety of ways. Their energy and food choices, the supplies they use, the structures they build, and the waste...
It just so happens that climate solutions are healthy body solutions. And I'm not just talking in terms of general atmospheric improvements from CO2 reductions...
The impacts that climate change has and will continue to have on human health are broad and diverse. Some regions will be hit harder and...
This week, a new study in Nature Climate Change finds that by eliminating dangerous particulates and gases, policies that focus on vehicle and power plant...
In Los Angeles, climate change is predicted to warm by an average of five degrees in the next thirty-five years. Extreme heat, which accounts for...
The time is ripe for transformative climate action: the latest University of Texas Energy Poll shows that the majority of Americans want action against climate...
As a pediatrician, I take care of kids. I help keep them healthy by diagnosing illness, protecting them from injury and counseling their parents on...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just identified twelve areas with high levels of sulfur dioxide pollution. Sulfur dioxide is emitted by coal plants, and...
Health leaders know that asthma and lung cancer are linked to air pollution. In states that are heavily reliant on coal power, air pollution is...
Eating right has obvious health benefits – after all, you are what you eat. By eating with our health in mind (less processed foods, more...
Last week's Supreme Court's decision to put a stay on the Clean Power Plan will be detrimental to human health and the climate. This is...
At this year's annual CleanMed conference, two of Climate for Health's partner organizations, Practice Greenhealth and Health Care Without Harm, will introduce an entirely new...
The sun is not the only cause of skin discolorations. A new study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology reveals that nitrogen dioxide (NO2)...
The NOAA Climate Stewards Education Project (CSEP) recently presented Getting Personal, Getting Real: Health in the Teaching of Climate & Earth Science via webinar, which...
While the number of health facilities using renewable energy have increased in recent years, there are still many that have yet to take the plunge....
Climate for Health's leaders represent a diverse set of professions. From public health to nursing and environmental health, leaders in the health sector have emerged...
The California gas leak is not just a problem in terms of its odor. It is literally making people sick. Local residents have reported headaches,...
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is dedicated to ensuring that children have an optimal environment in which to live, learn, and play. It's no...
With all the talk about the Zika virus lately, and the World Health Organization's having declared the outbreak a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern"...
Like most sectors of society, the health sector is made up of a diverse group of individuals from many walks of life. From doctors and...
By the time medical students have completed school, they are well aware of the basic interconnections between nature and humanity. On its own, nature does...
The 2016 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting was recently held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, and touched upon many issues surrounding climate change and sustainability. To ensure...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Stewards Education Project welcomes Dr. John M. Balbus, M.D., M.P.H., Senior Advisor for Public Health to the Director...
In the most recent Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. Howard Koh from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health hits the proverbial...
When we envision the impacts of climate change many of us think of small islands in distant places. We don't always associate colder regions with...
"Climate change" used to sound political. Now, it has become a factual, mainstream topic. Even the medical community has assimilated it into its messaging. Just...
If you look at environmental exposures, low income and minority communities receive more coal ash, a result of burning coal, which is often laden with...
As the climate crisis continues to worsen Global Green and Healthy Hospitals has organized a 2020 Healthcare Climate Challenge to mobilize health care around the...
With the new year comes new understandings and new frames. The American Public Health Association (APHA) recently released their new policy entitled "Public Health Opportunities...
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), one of Climate for Health's organizational partners, will be hosting a webinar entitled "Health Voices for the Clean Power Plan"...
Billionaire Tom Steyer is crusading to get Barack Obama to heed his message that climate change should be front and central in national policy discourse....
This week's Health Affairs Blog, which we've incorporated below, is one that all health care providers should read. It offers perspectives from the CEOs of...
A new report by the Yale School of Public Health reveals more than 200 toxins can be found in fracking fluids and wastewater, in addition...
A recent Monmouth University poll found that not only do the majority of Americans believe in climate change, but are in favor of government action...
For busy health professionals, it's fairly easy to turn a blind eye to issues that don't pertain directly to medicine or fall within the realm...
Evidently, a substantial increase in disease-carrying mosquitos is expected in California this year, as the Los Angeles Times reports below. We hate to break it...
Climate change discussions don't just roll off the tongue. Not if you don't want to pick an argument or depress someone, that is. So how...
Three times a day we look right at a climate solution and don't see it. Mealtime. Food policy likely offers the biggest bang for the...
What's good for the earth is good for us. So it won't surprise you that sustainable buildings have health benefits for the people who work...
2015 was an incredible year for the climate movement, with leaders in every sector speaking out and demanding climate action. ecoAmerica continued to empower those...
2015 was an important year for climate action, and one of the most significant climate achievements was the defeat of the Keystone XL pipeline. After...
When Climate Central asked climate experts why they had hope for the climate, most of them pointed to the United Nations' Paris agreement that occurred...
Called the largest public health disaster in Los Angeles, California, the recent discovery of a tremendous methane leak at the Porter Ranch storage facility illustrates...
At a recent holiday concert in Maine, Portland Symphony Orchestra conductor Robert Moody ended the event with a song filled with melancholy, despair and ultimately...
Preparing for a final round of 2015 work travel, I pulled down my suitcase and, before selecting my wardrobe, conferred with my personal assistant. “Hey...
Diseases related to air pollution kill seven million people annually, accounting for one in every eight deaths globally every year, according to the World Health...
Big things are happening. And when big things happen, big leaders follow. On Friday, Dignity Health, one of the nation's largest health systems, announced that...
Houston, we've got a problem. And if the former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is calling the bluff of the nuclear industry, we know...
This past weekend, representatives of 195 nations reached a landmark accord that will collectively reduce carbon emissions. Most notably, the COP21 Paris agreement demonstrated an...
The recent climate accord offers us hope. Reacting to the COP21 agreement, Bill McKibben, Co-founder of 350.org, said “This didn’t save the planet but it...
When it comes to cardiovascular health, it turns out that all types of carbon pollution are not created equal. A recent study, focusing on information...
Peggy Knudson, ecoAmerica's VP of Development, is at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. She is talking with climate leaders, many of whom...
This week, Peggy Knudson, ecoAmerica's VP of Development, is at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. She will be talking with climate leaders,...
This week, Peggy Knudson, ecoAmerica's VP of Development, is at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. She will be talking with climate leaders,...
This week, Peggy Knudson, ecoAmerica's VP of Development, is at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. She will be talking with climate leaders,...
This week, Peggy Knudson, ecoAmerica's VP of Development, is at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. She will be talking with climate leaders,...
This week, Peggy Knudson, ecoAmerica's VP of Development, is at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. She will be talking with climate leaders,...
In the thick of the discussions surrounding the United Nations climate conference, those of us who care about the subjects of health and climate change...
In November, ecoAmerica, Climate for Health's parent organization, released its latest research report, Let’s Talk Climate: Messages to Motivate Americans. Along with Lake Research Partners,...
In a handful of paragraphs, Emma Foehringer Merchant lullingly captures the past few decades of the environmental movement in her New Republic article below. How...
Some forms of energy are, well, not as healthy as others. The public's catching on to the differences between energy choices, and the health impacts...
The U.S. Center is a major public outreach initiative of the United States hosted by the Department of State to inform audiences around the world...
Researchers at Stanford University and the Universities of California analyzed energy roadmaps for 139 countries to see how much energy each country would need by...
In a world facing disease, poverty, destruction and violence, it's often hard to see the positive side of life. Certainly we know that there are...
Do health professionals have civic responsibilities? With limited time, can we expect doctors and nurses to advocate for clean energy policies? When during the course...
A recent study by economics departments at Tulane University, the University of Central Florida and the University of California, Santa Barbara and published by the...
Health professionals, for good reason, are concerned about the impact that climate change will have on our families, health and future. We know that action...
The Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry believes doctors have an obligation to take into account the right for people who are ill to fully...
Moms Clean Air Force is a community of moms and dads united against air pollution, including the broader climate crisis, for the purpose of protecting...
One night a few weeks ago, I was preparing to depart for Chicago for four days of nearly 24/7 public health events. I had just...
The World Health Organization (WHO) directs and coordinates international health within the United Nations’ system. It makes sense, then, that the worldwide organization has created...
As we head toward the United Nation's Climate Talks in Paris, many wonder how many of the world's governments are even paying attention. Like a...
In December of this year, the United Nations will hold a global scientific and political conference on climate change. More than 190 nations will gather...
Poverty wreaks havoc on human health. According to the World Health Organization, being poor increases a person's chance of being malnourished and getting sick due...
On December 4th, in parallel with the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21), a group of health-focused organizations will be hosting the Paris Conference...
Just about all of us know someone who's been affected by cancer. Many of us have lost friends and family members to the disease. It's...
Ever heard of a MOOC? In case you haven't, MOOCs are "massive open online courses" aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web....
What do local clean power ordinances, pollution controls, public transport and urban agriculture have in common? You could argue they are all goals that focus...
Heat waves are killer. As health professionals we know the disastrous affects they have on our populations considering heat-related deaths. But did you know that...
A new study out of the Harvard School of Public Health reveals that there is a direct correlation between carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and human...
Recently, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy joined together with Physicians for Social Responsibility, one of Climate for Health's partners, to create a fact...
As the American Psychological Association will tell you, climate change has broad effects on people's health and psychological well-being, due to an increase in the...
Climate for Health is thrilled to announce the recent addition of the American Academy of Pediatrics to our roster of partnering organizations. The mission of...
Join us in Chicago at the annual American Public Health Association meeting! While the APHA meeting will run between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4, 2015,...
We’ve all heard the phrase “Nothing is more important than a child’s health.” But as a mom unexpectedly navigating the pediatric medical system for the...
Exposure to air pollution permanently stunts the growth of children's lungs, according to a 6-year study of 2,400 youth in London. The results of this...
Carbon nanotubes, which are are tubular cylinders of carbon atoms, have been found in children's lungs for the first time. While carbon nanotubes are used...
In his National Geographic interview of Australian author Tim Flannery below, Simon Worrall highlights the many positive actions that have been taken, and are helping,...
Dr. Barry Levy's childhood concerns about environmental destruction, coupled by his interest in preventative medicine, have led him to feel compelled about working to reduce...
Bill Gates believes that innovation's the only hope we have to combat climate change. If we stick with current technologies, we will simply continue running...
Consumption is a tremendous environmental dilemma. You could argue it's our only one, because all waste, toxic and climate change issues are tied to it....
The field of environmental health, which focuses on aspects of the natural and built environment that may affect human health, plays an increasingly evident role...
Last December, Gov. Cuomo's administration banned fracking in New York State, citing health risks. Though he received some pushback on this decision from industry and...
Odd couples happen. You've been to your high school reunion and have probably seen evidence of this. Sometimes, the unexpected relationships become the stronger ones...
Social media has an unbelievable amount of power and, as we saw with the People's Climate March last year, can inspire and create large scale...
The health effects of climate change are diverse, and hearing about odd sounding, new vector-borne diseases certainly isn't comforting. Reasonable or not, however, to many...
How can health professionals best communicate on climate change? By learning best communication techniques and speaking about what they know. As the Huffington Post article...
Dr. Judith Rodin, President of the Rockefeller Foundation, writes about the importance of interconnecting sustainability goals in her article below. It seems the impact of...
Nature has miraculous influences over human health. We are, after all, interconnected with our resources. Without clean water, air and exposure to sunlight, we would...
Underweight infants, defined as under 5.5 pounds, face bigger hurdles in life, including higher rates of disabilities and greater susceptibilty to illness and mortality. This...
Medical students across the globe are becoming increasingly aware and engaged in climate action. With all that they have on their plates during their years...
This September, nearly 200 concerned and committed physicians, nurses, and healthcare and public health professionals from across the country came together in Washington D.C. for...
Gary Cohen understands the importance of getting healthcare institutions on board with long-term sustainability efforts. That is why he formed Health Care Without Harm in...
With nearly $144 million in new grants, the National Institutes of Health is investing in new technologies that measure the impact of environmental exposures over...
The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) will take place in Paris this December, in response to the growing global threat of climate change....
Last week, the Association of the U.S. Army held a “Hot Topics” forum on health readiness in Arlington, Virginia. Ironically, one of the "hot topics"...
When it comes to cheap coal, the health effects are costly. To consumers, purchasing the cheapest possible energy source may seem like the right move....
Bees play an essential part in maintaining a healthy environment. Even young children are learning about the important role bees play in nature. What happens,...
It makes sense that the City of Cleveland is focused on issues that address the needs of the most challenged communities, since its poverty rates...
A new study by the University of Missouri reveals that residents living near "unconventional oil and gas operations" were at a higher risk for endocrine-disruption...
Today, Pope Francis arrives to the United States with a climate change message for all to hear. No one knows exactly what his message will...
Dr. Lise Van Susteren, on Climate for Health's leadership circle, is an American psychiatrist with a special interest in the psychological risks posed by global...
According to a recent study published in Environmental Health Perspectives, particulate matter known as PM 2.5, a common form of air pollution from tailpipe emissions...
Like the Statue of Liberty, a wind turbine stands proud and tall, waving into our future. To many, it has become a symbol of health...
As Jagdeep Singh Bachher explains in the the San Francisco Chronicle below, the University of California believes climate change is a risk factor and is...
Join the hundreds of health professionals gathering together this Sunday & Monday, Sept. 20-21, in Washington D.C. to learn about the health threats of climate...
When fossil fuel emissions are displaced, the result is millions of dollars in public health benefits. This is the primary reason that energy efficiency measures...
At this point in time, most educated youth are well aware of the impacts that climate change has - and will have - on the...
The EPA has recently released a new environmental justice screening and mapping tool, called EJSCREEN. The tool is likely to be a help to a...
It turns out that when multiple climate extremes happen simultaneously the outcomes on human health are worse than we could imagine. As Ensia covers below,...
It's no surprise that excessive rates of asthma occur in populations living near coal-fired power plants. This is one reason communities of color show heightened...
It has been 10 years since Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United...
So you care about climate change. But how do you talk about it? Communicating on climate may be the most critical step in addressing its...
Doctors across Canada have decided "enough is enough". It is no use for health professionals to continue treating the symptoms climate change alone when these...
In our home, we’re admittedly a little heavy hearted bidding adieu to the “freedom months” (as my kids refer to summer), and swapping out beach...
We all know how hard it is to break a habit. If breaking personal habits are so challenging, it's no wonder that societal habits feel...
Nurses across the country can see the impacts of climate change on patient health. While many of these nurses are noticing these adverse health affects,...
Doctors across the country are noticing the effects of climate change on their patients. Sadly, it's pediatricians who are witnessing most of these climate impacts...
Every so often Climate for Health recommends resources we think health professionals may find particularly useful. In collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control, the...
As climate change hits home, it's not only our shorelines that are taking the hit. Increased risks of vector-borne diseases, heat-related deaths, allergies and environmentally-induced...
Patients put a tremendous amount of trust into their health care providers. Some patients blindly follow a provider's advice, while others want to remain more...
Disaster preparedness professionals have every reason to focus on coastal impacts from climate change, particularly as the seas rise, the storms surge and the shorelines...
Health professionals who want to engage in climate solutions need a way to learn about the latest tools and information to tackle it. The United...
Contradictions are common practice in most industries but seem more disturbing when they strike us as glaringly obvious. That's how some health professionals feel when...
As the climate warms, coastal areas are more prone to the devastating impacts of sea-level rise. Did you know, however, that these same seaside areas...
Hospitals are always looking for ways to limit waste and improve efficiency. This is why collaboratives such as Global Green and Healthy Hospitals have been...
As most of us learned during our primary school years, negative attention doesn't accomplish as much as positive action. Most successful leaders will tell you...
Environmental factors can have strong affects on developing fetuses. In utero exposure to methylmercury is a prime example of this. A recent study in Environmental...
In 1964, Louis Lasagna, Academic Dean of the School of Medicine at Tufts University, modernized the Hippocratic Oath and his revision is used in many...
"Greening" hospitals is a job of its own. In fact, many of Climate for Health's partner organizations, such as Health Care Without Harm and the...
Dr. Janet Ho, chief resident in the Yale Primary Care program, says that local and national research shows climate change is a bigger health threat...
Philanthropic donors and foundations are often focused on improving public health and safety, reducing hunger and poverty, and caring for the disadvantaged – which is...
This week, President Obama rolled out an improved version of the long-awaited Clean Power Plan. Not only does the new plan suggest we move onto...
Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the country's largest public health association, and founding Climate for Health leader, speaks out on why health voices from across...
On November 29th, the People’s Climate March will take place in thousands of cities and towns across the world. This march will occur the day...
Even in America, the poverty rate for women is higher than it is for men. Women in the U.S. are also more likely to be...
The National Medical Association (NMA) is the collective voice of African American physicians and the leading force for parity and justice in medicine and the...
Green business is not only a trend, it's a modern-day necessity. These days, few businesses can survive without focusing on energy efficiency and, therefore, lowering...
The American Public Health Association - representing all fields of public health and with more than 140 years of institutional experience - is now working...
Dr. David Dyjack Joins the National Environmental Health Association as New Executive Director It was a toasty mid-July afternoon in Orlando and the convention center...
Just as two parents with a unified message have more success disciplining their child, so do social movements who align themselves with each other. That's...
A new study in the Lancet points to the effects of increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere on the global threat of zinc...
A paper published by two research institutes at the London School of Economics substantiates the case that tackling climate change has benefits in terms of...
Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency held the first of two webcasts in its Local Climate and Energy Program series. Outlined below, the webcast focused...
Last week, the Rockefeller Foundation, with the Lancet Commission on Planetary Health, released an important report that emphasizes the interconnections among climate change and other...
Last week, Dr. Linda Rudolph, one of Climate for Health's leaders, presented to the California Assembly Natural Resources Committee regarding the need to stop our...
This month, the American Public Health Association is beginning a series of webinars on racism's impact on health and disparities. Be sure to take a...
It makes perfect sense that health care facilities aim to make an impact on the broader environment by procuring or producing renewable energy, minimizing waste,...
New Report: 2015 MomentUs Leadership Summit: Path to Positive On May 20-21, ecoAmerica convened the 2015 MomentUs Leadership Summit: Path to Positive, bringing together nearly...
President Obama's Clean Power Plan presents a historic opportunity for the U.S. to reduce carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants, the single largest source of...
What do a doctor, the President and the Pope have in common? They are all changing the framing of the climate change conversation by addressing...
Evidently, climate change has a significant impact on human psyches, as outlined in the recent Lancet report. No longer are the impacts limited to physical...
As the environmental justice movement has pointed out for years, and the Pope just did in his recent encyclical, there is a direct relationship between...
In early April 2015, Climate for Health held its first National Leadership Convening, in partnership with Health Care Without Harm and the U.S. Climate and...
Public understanding of climate change could be an entire undergraduate study unto itself. Without a scientific background, most individuals absorb information on climate change over...
The notion that some types of people are inclined to support the science on climate change while others do not may have some merit, though,...
In a report released in the journal Environmental Health, co-authored by the Center for Environmental Health, air quality results surrounding fracking sites were found to...
The Obama administration has developed a strong agenda to combat climate change and is planning a series of actions this summer to reduce greenhouse gases....
The cause of austism is a hotly debated and contentious issue. As we know, there are many contributers to developmental disorders -- some genetic, some...
The overarching message of the recent Lancet report is that climate change is "the most serious threat to public health of the 21st century, while...
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency released a new report which outlines the costs and benefits of action and inaction on climate. This report crosses...
Since climate change has significant health implications, it makes sense that nursing, medical and public health schools are now training students how to recognize these...
Although I’ve worked in Washington D.C. at the national level for years, a White House invitation still holds the thrill of scoring the quintessential “golden...
A joint study by an Israeli University (BGU) and Harvard University found that exposure to high air temperature during pregnancy increases the risk of lower...
There's nothing funny about asthma, allergies, tick-borne diseases or severe heat, but some suggest we ought to keep laughing about climate change if we want...
From a rise in respiratory ailments caused by pollution, to the spread of vector-borne diseases like West Nile Virus, climate change is having an increasingly...
Climate change's impacts on health have become impossible to ignore. From business to faith to education and environment, there is no sector of our society...
You won't be surprised to hear that air pollution can negatively influence the cognitive development of children. But now there is growing evidence of a...
The consequences of climate change are so tremendous that they impact oceans and weather patterns, droughts and deluges. How is it that climate impacts can...
Exactly how bad is our exposure to pollution when we exercise? An ongoing study by Columbia University, funded by the National Institutes of Health, focuses...
Power plants aside, what transportation sources come to mind when you think of contributors to air pollution? Cars, trucks and airplanes will likely pop up....
There's no one on earth that won't experience the impacts of global warming. As researchers are finding, however, some populations are disproportionately impacted by it....
There are four specific reasons children are more vulnerable to global warming than adults, a new report by Doctors for the Environment Australia has found,...
This spring, hundreds of mothers, parents and grandparents came together in 15 states over the course of four months for Moms Clean Air Force's Mama...
An exciting climate and health summit will take place in Washington, DC this fall and is organized by many of Climate for Health's partner organizations,...
The Environmental Protection Agency is due to release its Clean Power Plan this August. Of course, "clean power" can be defined in many ways, depending...
Take away a young man's income stream and he's going to have a problem. Who wouldn't? Turns out there's a connection between crop yields and...
Eileen McNeely is the founder and Co-Director of the Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise (SHINE) at the Center for Health and the Global...
A student activist and a public health professional will see climate change from different angles. Their approaches will be quite different, too. This is why, from...
Breathing in fine particulate air pollution known as PM 2.5 - which includes dust, dirt, soot and smoke - is known to cause inflammation that...
This month, Climate for Health's partner organization, the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (AHNE), will be holding 4 trainings for nurses on climate change...
Let's be smart. As our climate warms, we need to keep cool. But if we don't plan accordingly we'll continue to face an increasing number...
Well, this is sick: As the EU Observer reports below, a study by four researchers from the International Monetary Fund "calculated the true costs of...
Steering my relieved but excited sister, one beaming set of grandparents, my two sons, and my husband through the Metro system and into the George...
Let's face it: health and climate are inextricably linked. Public health officials have been combating its effects on patient populations, and the need to devote...
The natural world around us has tremendous influence over our health. The notion that the environment and human health are inextricably linked is now referred...
Most of us know that a key to good health is healthy eating. But the very personal decisions about what to choose for each meal...
Just as the Climate for Health program focuses on health leadership regarding climate change, another one of ecoAmerica's sectors, Path to Positive, focuses on climate...
You know how they say people with good support networks wind up being happier and healthier? This tends to be the case for communities, too....
The Natural Resources Defense Council's released a new report last week: Sneezing and Wheezing: How Climate Change Could Increase Ragweed Allergies, Air Pollution, and Asthma....
Do you exercise as much as you can squeeze into your busy life? Do you eat fresh fruits and veggies on a somewhat frequent basis?...
Climate for Health leaders are part of a broad environmental movement which has historically been comprised of, well, environmentalists. Now, environmental advocates are not only...
You know a movement has become mainstream when government agencies support it. The EPA is now working fervently to raise awareness about the health impacts...
Let's face it, many Americans aren't giving up their big cars anytime soon. We like choice. We like space. We have equipment to carry and...
In the first peer-reviewed scientific study on the foreseeable impacts of the EPA's landmark climate rule, researchers from Syracuse University and Harvard University say that,...
So you want to be a health professional? Evidently, studying the human body is no longer your only quest. Climate change now presents the next...
A sizable study including 83,672 babies reveals that air pollution causes them to have lower birthweights, which can lead to health impacts years later. The...
Climate for Health partners with many well-established and highly respected organizations. One of them, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), won a 1985 Nobel Peace Prize...
It's incredible what people will do for money. Since 2012, the city of Carlsbad, New Mexico has been trying to persuade members of Congress to...
Health is not the only sector of society worried climate change. It turns out, even oil and gas industries are concerned. In an opinion survey...
Across the country, low income residents face higher rates of diseases, disabilities, and adverse health conditions. Since low income communities are often communities with people...
The organization Global Green and Healthy Hospitals sets out to support existing efforts around the world to promote greater sustainability and environmental health in the...
If you have poked around on Climate for Health's website, you may have come across a series of tips and tools we provide for health...
To guide the nation’s public health workforce in preparing for climate change, CDC has developed a unique framework known as BRACE, or Building Resilience Against...
Surveys of physicians from a climate change research center and three major medical societies recently revealed notable findings about how climate change is affecting patients'...
The health consequences of global warming are vast and diverse. From the spread of vector-borne diseases to increased incidences of asthma, allergies and mental health...
There is a plethora of links between environment causes and human disease. The environment has a major impact on our health and public health professionals...
On Tuesday, Pope Francis sent out a call to care for creation as a matter of caring for all of humanity (via Twitter!). His Papal Encyclical...
In recognition of Earth Day, Climate for Health would like to acknowledge the leaders who have taken action to protect our health and communities from...
In a joint report released last week, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization and the the World Water Council say that by 2015 "some 60...
Dr. Linda Rudolph has worked for decades for better living and working conditions, to support health and prevent illness, and for better healthcare to meet...
A new white paper paper released by Health Care Without Harm makes the health, economic, and theological arguments for coal divestment. Crossing sectors, the paper...
Gasoline additives that are emitted into the air during combustion may disrupt people's hormone systems at low levels considered previously safe, say researchers from The...
The environmental justice movement was created to ensure that all people receive the same protection from environmental and health hazards. Considering the poorest U.S. citizens...
Calling all health professionals! A report expected to be released by the U.S. Global Change Research Program in early 2016 will provide needed context for...
The precautionary principle, though most commonly referred to by policy makers, gets to the heart of what the health sector aims to achieve: prevention. The...
Last week, ecoAmerica’s Climate for Health program (including co-sponsors Health Care Without Harm and the U.S. Climate and Health Alliance) gathered over 70 leaders from...
This week, President Obama brought attention to the many links between climate change and public health threats. In the below CNN interview by Dr. Sanjay...
As the health effects of climate change become more evident among human populations, we have no choice but to adapt to these present and future...
Despite big polluter supported messaging that carbon standards would raise prices, Green for All's 2014 "Climate Change and Communities of Color" poll found that 76...
Medical professionals have the best reason to focus on eliminating dirty sources of energy. Ultimately, these are the very sources that cause their patients to...
When a physician treats a patient, she does so with a fundamental appreciation for the life of that individual. Age, race, creed and financial status...
2015 MomentUs Leadership Summit: Creating a Tipping Point for Climate Solutions Where can you find a bishop, a doctor, and a mayor talking about climate...
Say what you want about climate change, but you're not necessarily going to get people to listen. Jonathan Mingle's story, below from the Huffington Post,...
A new study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry indicates that children born and raised near inner-city pollution sources can wind up with reduced white...
Studies have shown that the nutritional quality of food may be at risk if climate change intensifies. Now, as CBS News covers below, a new...
Let's face it: climate change is not the topic everyone wants to raise in conversations. Although many of us are well aware of the urgency...
This May, at the 2015 MomentUs Leadership Summit, Climate for Health leaders will join other professionals at the forefront of climate action. These professionals cross...
Clinicians, nurse practioners, specialists, mental health experts and other health professionals all have distinct roles with the health community. Even within these medical roles, however,...
As we all know, climate change is a complex problem. Addressing it requires many minds and good ideas. Though health professionals may have interest in...
Every year, the American Public Health Association sponsors an initiative called National Public Health Week. This year it falls from April 6 to 12. The...
ecoAmerica is pleased to announce our inaugural Climate for Health National Leadership Convening, being held in partnership with our co-sponsors and Leadership Circle members, Health...
At the 2015 MomentUs Leadership Summit this May, Climate for Health leaders will join other professionals at the forefront of climate action. These professionals span...
Doctors, registered nurses and respiratory therapists can see the writing on the wall: a polluted climate leads to sick patients. Now, public health problems from dirty...
Greenery is good for you. And we're not just talking about eating your vegetables. A recent study by the University of Exeter Medical School, published...
The health implications of unconventional gas production are quite alarming, as an increasing number of studies reveal from top universities such as Cornell, Yale, the...
Announcing the 2015 MomentUs Leadership Summit, May 20-21 ecoAmerica is pleased to announce our 5th annual leadership summit. Path to Positive, the 2015 MomentUs Leadership Summit,...
If you take health and environmental considerations into account when looking at different forms of energy, you'll see the costs of each of them will...
Like smoking, the public's addiction to fossil fuels is incredibly bad for our health. In fact, cigarette smoke is essentially the indoor version of what...
Who's to blame for climate change? While certainly not the only culprit, health care facilities contribute a significant portion of greenhouse gas emissions to our...
Just as pollution causes problems, cleaning up creates cures. Children in Southern California have become a prime example of the measurable health successes that society...
Childhood developmental disability rates are on the rise and improvements in diagnosis can't fully explain the increase. It seems we may now know one of...
Interested in preventative medicine? Working toward climate solutions is preventative by nature and can ward off tropical diseases for years to come. Diseases such as...
You may not live in Minnesota but, as a Department of Public Health report there has indicated, climate change is likely soon coming to an...
For a growing number of doctors, "health and climate change are no longer seen as different issues and are almost seen as synonymous because there...
What should the role of physicians be in countering climate change? "There is an urgency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the sake of our...
According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, at least 90 percent of people who die by suicide have a diagnosable mental disorder. Usually, however,...
President Obama may not have a background in medicine, but he sure is a leader in protecting public health. Using his third ever veto of...
Coal-fired power plants are the primary source of toxic mercury air emissions in the United States. Mercury pollution, quite literally, rains down on us, contaminating...
The old adage "you are what you eat" now also goes for the world around you. According to scientists, animal-based foods are now seen as...
As John Podesta, recently resigned counselor to President Barack Obama, said: "Taking action on climate change today is our best hope for ensuring our children...
Through their "Doctors for Climate Health" campaign, the American Lung Association (ALA) is asking physicians to take on climate change by addressing the significant smog,...
Links between climate change and human health are underscored by the rise in diseases associated with warmer temperatures. As Grist reports below, vector borne diseases...
Isn't prevention of disease preferable to a cure? Why is it, then, that medical professionals - those who hold sacred the Hippocratic Oath - have...
Successful leaders in the health field will tell you that they didn't arrive at the front of the pack on their own. Though it most...
"Many African-Americans have never seen environmentalism as a priority until recently," reports the New Pittsburg Courier. So what's changed? People are starting to connect the...
You might say climate change awareness runs in my family. Last March, I secured an official excused absence for my then 12-year old son, Colter,...
The rising number of seasonal allergies across the country has had a widespread impact on the American population. More than 50 million Americans now experience...
There is no more fitting division of society than the health sector to limit carbon emissions and keep climate change at bay. Now, a new...
If you have ever worked for a large institution, you know how long it can take to make changes from within. Even the most responsive...
Medicine has come a long way in the past few decades, and the average life expectancy is longer than it has ever been. That said,...
A recent study by the University of California, Los Angeles, reveals that people with children in their home were more motivated to turn off their...
When we talk about carcinogens, we often think of the most widely known chemicals such as those in formaldehyde, tobacco smoke and pesticides. Consumer products...
Why would a focus on clean-fuels be of interest to a healthcare provider? The answer is blowing in the wind. Airborne toxins from dirty-fuel sources...
We've heard it all before: "Climate change is the single biggest environmental and humanitarian crisis of our time," according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. ...
There's not much of a reason to state your political opinions if you work in the healthcare field. Evidently, now you won't cross any political...
As a leader in healthcare, how do you infuse a vision for leading on climate and health solutions throughout your facility, organization or community? As...
Everyone agrees that keeping fit and eating well are important for good health. These habits help us maintain or improve our physical status. Achieving a...
First Lady Michelle Obama knew what she was doing when she invited Nicole Hernandez Hammer, a "sea level researcher", as a guest during the State...
A University of Pittsburgh study may have just offered detectives like Colonel Mustard a new clue to why autism rates continue to increase, and they...
To keep healthy, our mothers have told us to eat well and exercise. Since these actions improve your odds of living longer, you should still...
American health professionals are increasingly concerned about the health impacts of climate change. That’s why organizations like Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) are strong supporters...
Katniss Everdeen may know how to shoot a mean bow and arrow, but can she organize the health community to take on climate change? Seems...
You may already be sick sick of hearing about climate change. However, it turns out many Americans are just beginning to take it seriously. A...
You may have thought that reprimanding your child for leaving the lights on would hit home if you told him how much money it costs....
When you have a problem with your health, where do you turn? To your doctor. Your skin flares up: dermatologist. Your foot bothers you: podiatrist....
It's clear that climate change is having an impact on our natural resources, weather patterns and ecosystem. The physical results of extreme weather are well...
When we think of climate change, we often envision its impacts on the environment around us – from rising seas to extreme weather. But along...
A national survey of Americans, conducted in October 2014 by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, indicates that most of us are relatively unaware...
Climate change has become a trending topic in headlines across the country. Most commonly, these headlines occur in national news publications focusing on the weather....
Evidence of climate change grows stronger every day – and the higher temperatures and extreme weather we’re seeing pose an increasing threat to our national...
Last month I revisited New Orleans for the first time since Hurricane Katrina to participate in the American Public Health Association’s 2014 Annual Meeting. Close...
For many nurses, the desire to push for approaches that minimize pollution and decrease waste and toxic chemical use in delivering healthcare is just common...
Robert Redford, one of the quintessential filmmakers and storytellers of our time, has committed years of work to help protect nature. He recently wrote a...
As the climate changes, nurses have been on the frontlines seeing the health impacts of extreme weather, increased allergens and asthma rates, increasing vector ranges,...
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