Members in Action Archives · The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (MSCCH)

Opinion: Congress, it’s time to follow your doctor’s prescription on climate change

Our Executive Director, Dr. Mona Sarfaty penned a poignant piece in the The Hill entitled “Congress, it's time to follow your doctor's prescription on climate change” on the importance of....

November 2018 Champion!

Dr. David Pollack, a psychiatrist and professor, is a champion for elevating the urgency of climate change within the field of psychiatry. He helped found the Climate Psychiatry Alliance, which....

Opinion: How to win against climate change

Robert Byron, a Montana internist and ACP member, writes about a price on carbon as a policy solution.

October 2018 Champion!

Dr. Aparna Bole, a pediatrician in Cleveland, is a champion for improving her center's environmental performance as an integral part of its community health mission. She is also speaking with....

Our Children Need Clean Car Standards to Protect Their Health

Op-Ed published in the Morning Consult by Dr. Timothy O’Mara, a pediatrician in northern Virginia.

Opinion: Climate change challenges can affect mental health

Dr. William Hardie, a pediatric pulmonologist, and Dr. Dan Sullivan, a primary care internist, write an important and informative counter-op-ed regarding climate change and mental illness.

Global climate action: A public health imperative

Dr. Natasha DeJarnett, policy analyst, Environmental Health, American Public Health Association.

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

September 2018 Champion

Dr. Wendy Ring's puppets are teaching people to make positive choices for better health and a healthier planet.

Climate change is a health issue

Op-Ed by Dr. Cynthia Mahoney

July 2018 Champion!

Dr. King sees climate change as a very serious public health issue, notably in South Florida.

Hiding in plain sight

Dr. Sarfaty writes a poignant op-ed about the EPA's plans to change the rules that dictate what evidence must be considered as the basis for protecting the public’s health.

June 2018 Champion!

Matthew T. Burke M.D., former director of state programs for the Consortium, says, "Much of climate change policy and mitigation is going to happen at the state level."

A pediatrician’s Mother’s Day wish

By Lori Byron, MD -- This Mother's Day, consider the ultimate gift. To help protect our future generations, we can transition to clean, nonpolluting energy sources.

Conference offers Climate Change Solutions to Benefit Health

The conference convened 280 doctors, nurses, and other health professionals to focus on promoting better health by advancing solutions to climate change.

April 2018 Champion!

Dr. Nitin Damle, an internal medicine specialist in Rhode Island, has been lecturing across the United States and around the world about the health effects of climate change.

Healthy Planet, Healthy People

Emergency Physician, Courtney Howard: For too long we've put health and the environment in different boxes. The work of our generation is to bridge the two.

Doctors Speak at EPA Hearing

A Kansas City physician testifies on behalf of the NMA and the Consortium at the Kansas City Hearing on Termination of the Clean Power Plan.