In this new op-ed, Executive Director Dr. Lisa Patel, explores the implications of the EPA’s proposed power plant rule and how health professionals should advocate around it.
This op-ed from CHEF Fellow, Dr. Nneoma Ojiaku discusses Sacramento’s need to improve & strengthen public health messaging around extreme heat.
A simple guide to writing an effective letter to the editor. (Provided by Physicians for Social Responsibility)
On October 8, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report detailing the impact of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. It finds that impacts are already occurring and that 2°C is no longer a safe goal to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. We can avoid much, but not all, of the loss and risk of climate change by limiting warming to 1.5°C. But without a radical transformation of energy, transportation and agriculture systems, the world will blow past the 1.5°C target. Here is some background info on the report:
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 roll-back of the Clean Power Plan would harm the health of people in their...
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 pollution that causes climate change; cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks are the largest source...
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 cut dangerous pollution in the air. Currently, enough...
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 Harvey (and now Irma) are not isolated incidents and are directly connected to...
Docket No. EPA-HQ-2018-0259 — As written, the proposal would allow the EPA Administrator to limit and restrict the scientific research that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency uses as the basis for public health and environmental protection regulations. On behalf...