Health impacts of carbon pollution and climate change
By: Lisa Abrahime, RN, MSN, OCN, an Oncology nurse, and Joanne Leovy, M.D., a family physician.
Toxic environmental exposures in maternal, fetal, and reproductive health
Obstetrician-gynecologists Nate DeNicola and Jeanne Conroy wrote an article published in Contemporary OB/GYN on toxic maternal-fetal environmental exposures and reproductive health.
Leading Health Organizations Rally Around Call to Action to Protect People’s Health from Climate Change
September 12, 2018
The Replacement Power Plan
Key Points and Resources Resources to Help You: Health professionals across the country need to take advantage of every opportunity for their voices to heard about how the proposed EPA....
Call to Action of the Global Climate and Health Forum
San Francisco, CA September 12, 2018 Click here to view the press release Climate change is a global health emergency. It is impacting the health of our communities today. A....
September 2018 Champion
Dr. Wendy Ring's puppets are teaching people to make positive choices for better health and a healthier planet.
September 7 – 8: Virginia Environmental Assembly
Bringing together conservation leaders from across Virginia, the Environmental Assembly provides a forum for discussion on key environmental issues and an opportunity to strategize with like-minded individuals about the best....
August 29th: Join Senator Whitehouse in the Carbon Pricing Webinar
Bipartisan Conversation on Pricing Carbon Emissions August 29, 2018, 1:15 PM to 2:45 PM EDT
Climate change is a health issue
Op-Ed by Dr. Cynthia Mahoney.
August 18: Goddard Forum Advancing One Health in Pennsylvania
This forum brings together professions, stakeholders and citizens to share knowledge, find common ground, and identify actions to coordinate definitive gains in human, animal, plant and ecosystem health in Pennsylvania....
Webinar: Fossil Fuels Divestment and Health Professional Organizations – How AMA’s New Policy Can Work For You
Video recording of April 9th, 2018 webinar
Divest from the Past, Invest in the Future
Presentation by Clara Vondrich, the Global Director of Divest-Invest Philanthropy, included in Aug. 9th, 2018 webinar
Fossil Fuels Divestment & Medical Professionals: How AMA’s New Policy Can Work for You
Presentation by Todd L Sack MD FACP, Jacksonville, Florida, included in Aug. 9th, 2018 webinar
August 9: Fossil Fuels Divestment and Health Professional Organizations – How AMA’s New Policy Can Work For You Webinar
Thursday, August 9, 12:15-12:45 pm ET - Speakers: Dr. Todd Sack and Clara Vondrich
American Academy of Dermatology | Position Statement On Climate and Health
There is a strong consensus among professional societies of physicians that the health and well-being of Americans are being adversely affected by climate change, and that these health concerns will....
Talking Points on EPA Plans to Roll Back Clean Car Standards and Attack States’ Authority
The clean car standards are the most effective policy we have on the books to fight climate change. The transportation sector is now the country’s largest source of the carbon....
Help keep the methane rule intact – Talking Points for an Op/Ed or LTE
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) methane rule limits the amount of gas that oil and gas companies waste on America’s public lands. These commonsense safeguards conserve domestic energy resources and....
Extreme Weather and Hurricanes
Hurricane Harvey and other extreme weather events around the globe are made worse by climate change. We urge you to keep sending letters to your local media explaining how hurricanes like....
July 2018 Champion!
Dr. King sees climate change as a very serious public health issue, notably in South Florida.
Public health, medical, academic, and scientific groups oppose EPA transparency rule
For release July 16, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC -04:00) Nearly seventy public health, medical, academic, and scientific groups representing millions of Americans released the following statement to express....