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Join Us for Climate Week NYC: Explore the Intersection of Health and Climate
This is the first year that Climate Week will feature health as a primary theme and the connection between climate & health has never been more critical. At Climate for Health, we are dedicated to addressing these intersections and empowering communities to take meaningful action…
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New Research Findings: Americans Want Climate Leadership from the Health Sector
ecoAmerica’s latest American Climate Perspectives Survey, published in partnership with the National Association of Community Health Centers, reveals that Americans are ready and eager for health professionals to advance climate action…
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Black History Month and Climate Change – The STEM Connection
The connection of the recently completed Black History Month and Climate Change may not appear to be obvious but upon reflection from my time as a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) educator there is an unquestioned connection between the two…
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The Office of Children’s Health Protection is a vital part of EPA’s Mission
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), whose mission is to protect human health and the environment, sets and enforces regulations to ensure safe environments where we work, learn, play, and pray. When regulations are set to protect the most vulnerable among us, we can be reasonably sure that those regulations will also protect all of us.…
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Talk About Climate Change, It Makes a Difference
When talking about climate change, I often ponder how to reach out to more audiences, how to cross barriers, how to carry the compelling message that the climate emergency deserves. I wonder if I am making a difference, if my words will impact someone the same way I was impacted sixteen years ago when I…
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Climate, Health, and Equity Recommendations for the Biden-Harris Administration
Health and medical experts agree that climate change is a health emergency – one of the greatest threats to human health that America has ever faced. Our nation’s health professionals are witnessing the health harms of climate change now, and warning us of the growing impacts on our collective well-being, and the strength of our…
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Recording Now Available, “Hindsight is 2020: Our Climate & Health Goals for 2021”
Last week, we hosted the first health-focused Let’s Talk Climate episode this year, Hindsight is 2020: Our Climate & Health Goals for 2021. As a new administration takes the helm, we discussed opportunities to support health professional leadership and center health equity in climate solutions. We touched on lessons learned in 2020, and building synergies…
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New Year, New Attitude Towards Climate
As I look forward to a new year, I cannot forget all that has arisen this past year. From wildfires to COVID-19 to the presidential election, 2020 was far from boring. Instead, it opened my eyes to the unexpected and the unknown. I never imagined myself being confronted with all of these issues as a…
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New NEHA Climate Change Position Statement
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 recognizes climate change as a worldwide environmental health challenge that impacts the health and safety of individuals and communities. Developed with leadership and guidance from NEHA’s Climate and Health Program…
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Supporting Youth-Led Climate Action in San Marcos, CA
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 same way, wanted to learn more and how I could take action. Enter stage right: ecoAmerica and the Climate for Health Ambassadors Training Program! They delivered on all of the…
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New Climate Change & Health Report Assesses States’ Preparedness
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 Preparedness. The report assessed all 50 states and the District of Columbia on their level of preparedness for the health effects of climate change, as well as their vulnerability to…
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New Lancet Countdown Report Recommends Swift Action to Achieve Health Equity through Climate Action
On December 2, the 2020 global report of the Lancet Countdown on Health & Climate Change was released, along with the Policy Brief for the U.S. Each year, the Lancet Countdown tracks more than 43 indicators on links between health and climate change and this year presents the most worrying outlook to date as key…
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ecoAmerica’s newest piece in NEHA’s Journal of Environmental Health
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: A Path Forward on Climate Solutions.” Working at the intersections where people live, work, learn, and recreate, environmental health professionals are on the front lines of ambitious climate solutions that…
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Two Climate for Health Leadership Circle Members Call for a National Institute of Climate Change and Health
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 and Health. “It would deliver needed insights to protect the public from the ravages of climate change, and it would create a world-class research workforce.” We know that climate change…
