Op-Ed published in the Morning Consult by Dr. Timothy O’Mara, a pediatrician in northern Virginia.
Our Children Need Clean Car Standards to Protect Their Health
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Press Coverage
Action Alert: Climate Change is Affecting Health Now
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:
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.
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.
The Replacement Power Plan
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...
Climate change is a health issue
Op-Ed by Dr. Cynthia Mahoney.
Talking Points on EPA Plans to Roll Back Clean Car Standards and Attack States’ Authority
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...
Help keep the methane rule intact – Talking Points for an Op/Ed or LTE
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...
Extreme Weather and Hurricanes
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...