Post-storm power outages and heat waves are a dangerous combination for health.
As climate change increases the likelihood of these threats coinciding, efforts to improve infrastructure and protect those most at risk are vitally important. @climateconnections.bsky.social
What Noah Wyle and The Pitt Are Teaching the World About Extreme Heat 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
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The AI boom and rollback of clean air protections are breathing new life into the country’s most polluting power source: coal. This will have a dispropritionate impact on communities of color already living with poor air quality and high health costs.
You're invited! Tues. 4/21, 7pm, online: What Plastic is Doing to Your Patients—and You! For everyone, not just health professionals! With Dr. Barb Erny of Stanford’s Climate Learning Initiative in Medical Education. sfbayphysiciansforsocialresponsibility.ddockforms.com?form=ae61704...
Cover of a new toolkit from the Alliance for Heat Resilience and Health. It is called 2026 Heat Safety Awareness Toolkit: An action guide for communities, organizations, and advocates.
🌡️ Check out our new toolkit to learn how you can take action during #HeatSafetyWeek and beyond!
Every step builds meaningful momentum, whether you share a post on social media, request a proclamation, or start a conversation about local policy.
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In a first last month, renewables outpaced gas on the U.S. grid.
As the administration works to block clean energy growth, this milestone shows what’s possible and the progress we must fight to protect.
Graphic promoting an upcoming webinar entitled Rising Temperatures, Rising Risks: Community-Led Equity Solutions in Maternal and Pediatric Heat Health. It will take place on Friday, April 10, 2026, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM ET. The speakers are Nneoma Ojiaku, MD, MPH, FACOG. She is an OB/GYN and Physician Advisor at Mercy San Juan Medical Center; Zea Malawa, MD, MPH, pediatrician and director at Expecting Justice and The Abundant Birth Project.
🌡️ Webinar Alert 🌡️ - Join us next Friday for the second session in our Climate & Health Equity Webinar Series! Drs. Nneoma Ojiaku and Zea Malawa will discuss the impact of extreme heat during pregnancy and childhood.
Register here: gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Exposure to air pollution may worsen cardiac outcomes in patients with breast cancer undergoing treatment.
As the field of oncology continues to prioritize survivorship and quality of life, it is vital to incorporate these environmental risk factors into patient care.
Graphic promoting an upcoming workshop from the Alliance for Heat Resilience and Health entitled "Heat Safety Week Workshop." It will take place on Monday, April 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time. In the middle of the graphic are the photos, names, and titles of the speakers. They are Lauren Balotin from the National Integrated Heat Health Information System, Melissa Griffin from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Vaishnavi Tripuraneni from the University of Delaware, and Natalie Rubio who is a middle school student. Register here: bit.ly/HeatSafetyWeek
Join the Alliance for Heat Resilience and Health on April 13 for a Heat Safety Week Workshop!
This hands-on session will help you plug into national efforts, brainstorm ways to tackle heat at the local and state levels, and walk away with a practical action toolkit.
➡️ bit.ly/HeatSafetyWeek
🌿 Pocket gardens: The tiny urban oases with surprisingly big benefits
Prioritizing green spaces in unexpected and underutilized spaces is helping make communities more resilient and people healthier.
In a recent survey, patients expressed a strong preference for providers who align medical care with environmental responsibility.
These findings should bolster more healthcare systems to adopt and accelerate sustainable practices.
Graphic promoting an upcoming webinar entitled Rising Temperatures, Rising Risks: Community-Led Equity Solutions in Maternal and Pediatric Heat Health. It will take place on Friday, April 10, 2026, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM ET. The speakers are Nneoma Ojiaku, MD, MPH, FACOG. She is an OB/GYN and Physician Advisor at Mercy San Juan Medical Center; Zea Malawa, MD, MPH, pediatrician and director at Expecting Justice and The Abundant Birth Project.
🌡️ Webinar Alert 🌡️ - Join us next Friday for the second session in our Climate & Health Equity Webinar Series! Drs. Nneoma Ojiaku and Zea Malawa will discuss the impact of extreme heat during pregnancy and childhood.
Register here: gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🎙️ When health professionals share our stories, we help people find their purpose and boldly envision a better future. At #OPOH26, three advocates brought that power to life.
Listen to their stories on a special new episode of Healthy Climate America: bit.ly/HealthyClimateAmerica
Mercury is an "insidious toxin"—yet the EPA recently rolled back protections against it.
This decision could have serious health impacts, especially for communities like the Northern Cheyenne tribe that live near power plants and steward local waterways.
In Jan, Black residents in TX reached out to me w/ a new fear: the invasion in Venezuela would lead to an oil disaster in their backyard
Their fears became reality. As oil prices spike from the Iran war, this facility refining Venezuela oil exploded
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It's that time of year again 🤧
As allergy season starts earlier because of the effects of climate change, allergists say symptoms may become more intense.
Climate Change and Health Boot Camp: Building Skills and Knowledge for Effective Engagement. June 10-12, 2026. A three-day intensive boot camp that will prepare clinicians, scientists, and other members of the research, health, and public health communities for informed, effective engagement with climate change issues in their professional lives. Cecilia Sorensen, MD, Columbia University, and Stefan Wheat, MD, University of Washington, are lead instructors. See site for full instructor list.
Registration is now open for the next virtual Climate Change and Health Boot Camp! This three-day intensive training will equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively address climate change in their work.
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Love children? Eliminate air pollution!
New research finds that prenatal and early-life exposure to some forms of air pollution (specifically PAHs) is associated with an increased risk of childhood brain tumors.
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Graphic promoting a new episode of the Healthy Climate America podcast from the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. It is called Storytelling for Systems Change: Turning Purpose Into Action. Photos of the three guests are in the center of the graphic. On the left is Nisha Sridhar, in the middle is Wendy Bernstein, and on the right is Sheetal Khedkar Rao. At the bottom is a green bar with white text that reads: Listen now: bit.ly/HealthyClimateAmerica
💡 Stories are remembered up to 22 times more than facts alone.
At #OPOH26, three advocates showed exactly why. Hear their journeys on this special episode of Healthy Climate America and get inspired to tell your own.
Listen here: bit.ly/HealthyClimateAmerica
The health harms of climate change affect every medical specialty. New research led by 2022 Climate & Health Equity Fellow Dr. Tracey L. Henry highlights how the Consortium's member societies are addressing these impacts and what gaps still remain.
AI data centers are predicted to consume as much as 12% of U.S. electricity by 2030. The NAACP is raising the alarm about the disproportionate impact of these massive campuses, which are often located in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.
Addressing carbon emissions for health care products starts with knowing the major sources. Download NAM briefs outlining key actions and climate benefits across the supply chain: buff.ly/ZRhp0ns #ClimateActionforHealth
Screenshot showing the Climate Shift Index from Climate Central for March 19, 2026. There is a change in likelihood of CSI 5 across nearly the entire Western USA.
Even in a world of extremes, some events still stand out to me. This is one. All-time monthly records are being shattered.
The size of this ridge across the western U.S. is truly striking for March, and we see a very clear climate change connection.
Explore: csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
It may only be March, but communities across the country are already dealing with record-breaking heat. Are states prepared to respond? Nearly 9 in 10 respondents of a new survey from @apha.org and @nrdc.org are concerned they're not.
BREAKING 🔥🔥
24 States Sue the E.P.A. for Renouncing Its Power to Fight Climate Change..
The suit accuses the agency of illegally repealing the endangerment finding, the scientific assessment that required it to regulate greenhouse gases.
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Massive global majorities want climate action but think other people don’t. Why? Partly because Big Oil’s lies have been so successful, partly because we don't talk about climate enough.
Read more in this week's #ClimateBeat; plus, job opportunities, journalism resources, and more:
Since 2021, global news coverage of the climate crisis has dropped 38 percent.
When the media fail to cover pressing climate issues, people may not recognize how they affect their health and livelihoods. That disconnect can leave communities unprepared.
Big Oil is no longer trying to convince us they want to preserve a safe & stable climate
Now, they're focused on convincing us that the world is only safe & stable if they're in charge
That's the thesis of a new @cleancreatives.bsky.social report analyzing 2000 oil ads, exclusively in HEATED today
