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Meet Kutemwa Ogbu: Leading Climate and Health Conversations in South Texas
In the small farming community in southeast Montana, Big Sandy, healthcare professionals, farmers, and community members gathered on July 12th, 2025, for the first day of a two-day summit…
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Intersections of Farming, Climate, and Health: Health Care Professionals Learn How to Promote “Food as Medicine”
In the small farming community in southeast Montana, Big Sandy, healthcare professionals, farmers, and community members gathered on July 12th, 2025, for the first day of a two-day summit…
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Butte Air Quality Flags
Everything from the flu to lung cancers can be linked to poor air quality. The latest State of the Air Report from the American Lung Association shows Montana’s air quality getting worse…
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Then and Now: Dismantling Systemic Racism for Equity
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 statements, goodwill, and diversity and inclusion efforts across corporate and institutional sectors, it is important to recognize the long-standing grassroots efforts of activists in the US. For several years a…
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Energy Justice: A Public Health Issue
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 newest priorities, energy justice. As Surili reminded us, “If it’s harming people, it’s our problem. So advancing energy justice is now APHA’s business.” Our conversation started with the definition of…
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Taking action to improve health: Advocacy resources and success stories from health care sector
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 public opinion and policymaking in support of climate solutions as trusted messengers. Health Care Without Harm’s new resource, “How to get started as a health professional advocate for climate policy…
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Engaging the Health Sector in Climate Action
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 peers, community, and policymakers on climate action. This 20-minute episode is jam packed with advice and insight from our speakers. We were inspired to have this discussion today by way…
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Georgia Chapter of The American Academy of Pediatrics Adopts a Resolution on Climate Change and Child Health
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 available online, underscores how climate change is harming the health of children in Georgia and joins the national AAP in endorsing, “Climate, Health, and Equity: A policy action agenda.” As…
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Vote for Children’s Environmental Health and Equity
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 nation’s policies and programs. Between a global pandemic, the climate crisis, crumbling infrastructure, underfunded public health systems, and long overdue conversations concerning pervasive structural racism, we are faced with interconnected…
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National Association of School Nurses joins Nursing Collaborative on Climate Change and Health to Advance Climate Solutions and Promote Child Health
“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 of School Nurses, (NASN), Director, captures the connection between the vision of NASN, that all students are healthy, safe, and ready to learn, and the urgency for school nurses to…
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NEW Research on Climate Change & Birth Outcomes
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 papers” about the health impacts of climate change. They noted a particular interest in research on vulnerable groups, such as “people at the extremes of age, those with chronic illness,…
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Environmental Racism, Climate Justice, and Health
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 Vernice Miller-Travis, Senior Vice President at the Metropolitan Group and environmental justice advocate. We started our conversation pondering, “Is this GroundHog Day, or a tipping point?” Dr. Arthur Evans posed…
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“Motherhood in a Changing Climate: Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes” Recording Now Available
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 motherhood, pregnancy, and birth outcomes in a changing climate and what we can all do about it. Through our research at ecoAmerica, we know that majorities of Americans are worried…
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Children’s Health & Climate Change: A Moment of Reflection on Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary
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 and collaboration to protect children’s health through climate solutions. You can watch the virtual forum here. Dr. Jerry Paulson opened the webinar with moving remarks: “This is a difficult time.…
