The Consortium sends an open letter to the Biden Administration, in response to the low score on the Nationally Determined Contributions scorecard, emphasizing the need to take immediate and equitable action on climate change to protect health.
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5 Ways Health Departments Can Help Ensure Healthy Voting
Here are five actions health departments can take to ensure healthy voting.
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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!
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.
Extreme Heat in Miami Will Only Get Worse, Scientists Warn
Miami has broken heat records left and right this summer, but scientists say this is just the beginning.
Climate change a threat to public health
The directors for the Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate write about how climate change is affecting public health in Montana.
The Case of Juliana v. U.S. — Children and the Health Burdens of Climate Change
Drs Renee N. Salas, Wendy Jacobs, and Frederica Perera write about the case of Juliana v. U.S. — Children and the Health Burdens of Climate Change.