Dr. Susan Miller writes about how doctors are already seeing the impact of climate change – drought, extreme heat, and floods – on their patients’ health.
Members in Action
Air Pollution Kills as Many People as Cigarettes
Dr. Neha Pathak writes about how the science clearly shows that unhealthy air is dangerous. Air pollution increases the risk of serious health problems.
Healing and Sustaining a ‘Good Enough’ Mother Earth: The Physicians’ Call to Action
Drs David Pollack and Robin Cooper write about how human-caused climate change is threatening the health of the planet, Mother Earth, and all its inhabitants.
Prioritizing Health in a Changing Climate
Drs. Renee N. Salas, Debra Malina, and Caren G. Solomons write about how the medical community have a responsibility and opportunity to mobilize the urgent, large-scale climate action required to protect health.
A New Era of Climate Medicine – Addressing Heat-Triggered Renal Disease
As stewards of community health, Drs. Cecilia Sorensen and Ramon Garcia-Trabanino write about seeing the casualties of climate change firsthand.
Public Service Commission should set ambitious energy saving goals for power companies
As physicians on the front line of public health, Drs. Cheryl Holder and Todd Sack know that energy efficiency reduces pollution, improves human health, and lowers energy costs.
Climate change is making us sicker
Dr. Homan Wai writes about the increasing health impacts, due to our warming and increasingly unstable climate. The time to act is now to protect our health!
Climate Change and Health: A Call to Social Workers
Carrie Dorn writes about how social workers can help clients recognize and address emotional, health, and environmental factors to improve well-being.
The climate of American medicine
Dr. Sam Stea appeals to doctors, nurses, friends and peers, that now is the time we must acknowledge climate change as the grave health crisis it will most certainly become — if not today, then tomorrow.