Hospitals try to curb astronomical emissions as pandemic brings new challenges
The healthcare climate footprint is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions from 514 coal-fired plants but health workers are finding ways to cut waste
Pollen seasons are getting longer, driven by climate change
Since 1990, pollen seasons have gotten longer and more pollen-filled, and climate change is responsible, according to a new study. The study found that, since 1990, pollen seasons...
Healthy Planet, Healthy People. How Slowing Climate Change Saves Lives
Just because the United States has re-joined the Paris Agreement doesn’t mean that the world is on a path to a better climate future. The 2015 agreement,...
51 Leading Environmental Advocacy and Public Health Organizations Recommend Robust Investments in Clean Energy Infrastructure for All
More than 50 advocacy organizations today called on leaders in Congress to make significant investments to accelerate the transition to a just 100% clean economy...
University of Iowa environmental health expert says climate change could affect future infectious diseases
Climate change could foster future infectious diseases if temperatures warm in different parts of the world and billion-dollar disasters, like flooding and extreme storms, occur....
Guest post: Health benefits of Paris climate goals could save millions of lives by 2040
On World Health Day in 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that “protecting human health is the ‘bottom line’ of climate change strategies”. The WHO went on...
Biden should treat climate change as a health emergency
Since Inauguration Day, the Biden-Harris administration has quickly started to address a range of critical health threats facing our nation. While tackling immediate challenges like...
Deaths from fossil fuel emissions higher than previously thought
Fossil fuel air pollution responsible for more than 8 million people worldwide in 2018