Dr. Nicole Mahealani Lum underscores the threats to the water supply in Hawaiʻi due to climate change.
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Opinion: Children With Asthma Breathe Easier With Electric School Buses
Dr. Gerri Cannon-Smith argues the benefit of schools switching to electric buses.
Rx for Heatwaves: Sacramento Needs a Comprehensive Plan for Extreme Heat
Dr. Nneoma Nwachuku Ojiaku discusses the health effects of heatwaves on pregnant people.
Press Release: 2022 Climate and Health Equity Fellows Graduate
12 Climate & Health Equity Fellowship (CHEF) Fellows have graduated from the program, which equips physicians from underrepresented groups to become leaders in climate and health equity.
Opinion: Climate Health and People with Disabilities (PWD)
Dr. Frank Samonte discusses the gap in health promotion strategies to address climate health in people with disabilities.
Opinion: Wildfires though the health lens
Dr. Pragya Rai addresses wildfires and their health risks including burns, smoke inhalation, and heat-related illness.
Rx for Heatwaves: Sacramento Needs a Comprehensive Plan for Extreme Heat
This op-ed from CHEF Fellow, Dr. Nneoma Ojiaku discusses Sacramento’s need to improve & strengthen public health messaging around extreme heat.
Press Release: President Biden Signing the Inflation Reduction Act
The IRA has the potential to bring substantial benefits to the health of the U.S. population across the country, preventing nearly 4,000 deaths and 100,000 asthma attacks every year by 2030.
Opinion: Musk – Make Austin an Ecological Paradise
In an op-ed published in The Austin Chronicle, Climate and Health Equity Fellow Dr. Jessica Edwards calls on Tesla to lead the green charge in Austin.