BLACK LIVES MATTER
Statement by the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health on Racial Injustice and Systemic Racism in the United States.
Letter to the G20 leaders calling for a #HealthyRecovery
On May 26, 2020, over 350 organizations representing over 40 million health professionals and over 4,500 individual health professionals from 90 different countries, wrote to the G20 leaders calling for....
19 Health and Medical Organizations Strongly Oppose EPA’s Move to Keep Weak Limits on Particle Pollution, Placing Health of Millions at Risk
EPA’s proposal ignores the current science and the opportunity to prevent harm to health. Read the joint statement released by the American Lung Association and other health and medical organizations.
Letter to Congress on COVID-19, Climate and Health
In this letter to Congress, thousands of doctors, nurses and healthcare providers are urging lawmakers to consider the existing and predicted health harms from climate change in any future legislation....
Response of the Health Community to the announced Rollback of the ‘Clean Cars’ Standards
By design, the proposed standards would increase fossil fuels burned and harmful pollution emitted into the atmosphere. Read the full statement and an additional letter from the AAFP.
Statement on the proposed policy to narrow the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act
The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health opposes the current proposal to update The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
An Open Letter to President Trump
Join with the Consortium, to ask the President to protect Americans’ health, safety and wellbeing by stopping the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Sign the letter...
Statement on the EPA’s proposed amendments to the 2012 and 2016 NSPS for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry
This proposal would do away with the requirements that oil and gas companies install technology to detect and fix methane leaks from wells, pipelines, and storage facilities.
Letters to Representatives on Extreme Heat and Protecting Workers from Heat Exposure
Climate change is causing an increase in the number of days of extreme heat and putting many U.S. lives at risk. Read letters from the Consortium sent to Representative Chu....
Statement on the EPA’s Decision to Revoke California’s Authority to Limit Auto Emissions
The EPA's proposed Clean Air Act revision will weaken policies that improve air quality and harm our health by increasing the pollution we breathe. Doctors are speaking out because reducing....
Statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Affordable Clean Energy Rule
June 19, 2019 – The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health responds to EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy rule.
Statement on the EPA’s proposed amendments to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for Power Plants
This rulemaking will take final action on two of the three distinct actions included in EPA's February 7, 2019 proposal (84 FR 2670) regarding the National Emission Standards for Hazardous....
Statement: Medical Societies respond to proposed revision to Clean Air Act
February 14, 2019 - The EPA is holding a hearing on a proposed revision to a rule under the Clean Air Act to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new fossil....
Statement: Medical Societies Respond to National Climate Assessment
On November 23, the Trump Administration today released the 4th National Climate Assessment, a Congressionally-mandated report on the impacts of climate change in the US. The report reaffirms what our....
Joint Testimony to EPA on proposed Clean Cars Rollbacks
Over 90 public health organizations submitted an impressive joint testimony to the EPA
Statement on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report
The Consortium issued this statement in response to the release of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change titled “Global Warming of 1.5 degrees C,” which warned of....
Call to Action of the Global Climate and Health Forum
San Francisco, CA September 12, 2018 Click here to view the press release Climate change is a global health emergency. It is impacting the health of our communities today. A....
Public health, medical, academic, and scientific groups oppose EPA transparency rule
For release July 16, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC -04:00) Nearly seventy public health, medical, academic, and scientific groups representing millions of Americans released the following statement to express....
Response to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science” proposed rule
Dr. Mona Sarfaty’s Statement (July 17, 2018): Respected EPA panelists and fellow citizens. My name is Mona Sarfaty. I am a physician trained in family medicine and public health; I....