- I’m a physician. We must act on climate change in Houston for our health. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/i-m-a-physician-we-must-act-on-climate-change-14960468.php?utm_campaign=hot%20news&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=81813817&_hsenc=p2anqtz--ehho9rheav7hkcvoosp9owogp3sne3mlspg6elgwskngrjwttvn35tb0j8qxa_endfwpxqkygslq5fz58k6wpkgpyoq&_hsmi=81813817 5 comments politics
- Climate change is one of the biggest threats to American health https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/458136-climate-change-is-one-of-the-biggest-threats-to-american-health 8 comments politics
- Buttigieg Proposes National Service Programs for Climate Change and Mental Health https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/us/politics/buttigieg-national-service.html 659 comments politics
- Study Warns of Cascading Health Risks From the Changing Climate https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/climate/climate-change-health.html 3 comments science
- Climate change threat to public health worse than polio, White House warns http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/04/climate-change-public-health-threat-white-house-report 10 comments politics
- Climate change is "single biggest health threat facing humanity," WHO says https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-health-threat-who/?ftag=cnm-00-10aab7e&linkid=135497190 60 comments worldnews
- Pakistan, Germany sign agreements of €18.5 million for health and climate change https://www.paktribune.com/news-details/pakistan-germany-sign-agreements-of-18-5-million-for-health-and-climate-change 13 comments worldnews
- Carbon dioxide toxicity and climate change: a serious unapprehended risk for human health https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311844520_carbon_dioxide_toxicity_and_climate_change_a_serious_unapprehended_risk_for_human_health 39 comments science
- CDC abruptly cancels long-planned conference on climate change and health https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/01/23/cdc-abruptly-cancels-long-planned-conference-on-climate-change-and-health/?postshare=4951485204406955&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.3e1a8c150af2 19 comments politics
- Here’s what is in the $1.75 trillion Biden budget plan - Taxes, climate, health care and child care would all see substantial changes if Democrats approve the package. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/28/biden-spending-plan-what-is-in-it/#V7NOOUJX3VESDK4IU4SK5KSS3A 3 comments politics
- 'Antibiotic resistance could kill us before climate change,' says UK health chief https://www.euronews.com/2019/08/30/antibiotic-resistance-could-kill-us-before-climate-change-says-uk-health-chief 10 comments worldnews
- The US Senate begins work on the Democrats' bill on tax policy, health care, and climate change. Debate begins on the agreed-on final version of the Inflation Reduction Act | live video of proceedings https://www.c-span.org/video/?522197-1%2Fsenate-begins-debate-final-version-inflation-reduction-act=&%3Blive= 4 comments climate
- Your Natural Gas Stove Is Fueling Climate Change And Harming Your Health—And It’s Worse Than Scientists Thought https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkart/2022/01/27/your-natural-gas-stove-is-fueling-climate-change-and-harming-your-health-and-its-worse-than-scientists-thought/?sh=dfdd28a2c63e 693 comments environment
- As the 2020 election heats up, climate change becomes a bigger priority. Health care still dominates, but the environment was a high priority in Iowa https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21125006/climate-change-election-2020-priority-voters-iowa-president-primaries 3 comments politics
- Climate change will damage health of a generation: Experts https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/climate-change-will-damage-health-of-a-generation-experts 3 comments worldnews
- At the U.N., America Turns Back the Clock on Women’s Rights - Internal documents show how the U.S. works to stymie progress on women’s health, cultural issues, and climate change https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/03/14/at-united-nations-women-rights-gender-health-trump-diplomacy/ 5 comments worldnews
- If we focus on pollution rather than on global warming, we're more likely to make some serious headway against a public health problem AND climate change. http://www.physorg.com/news158943299.html 343 comments science
- Major government climate change report contradicts Trump, and warns of devastating economic and health & safety impact https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/trump-climate-change-economic-health-effects-impact-government-report-warning-a8649371.html 3 comments worldnews
- Health and climate change benefits are greater the lower the fraction of animal-sourced foods in our diets. http://www.pnas.org/content/113/15/4146.full 9 comments science
- Google, Microsoft Join Obama to Fight Climate Health Woes. President Barack Obama is warning that climate change will start affecting Americans’ health in the near future and he’s recruiting top technology companies to help prepare the nation’s health systems. http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-07/climate-change-deemed-health-hazard-the-white-house-aims-to-cure 12 comments politics
- Oregon Medicaid patients get air conditioning, mini fridges as climate change drives health concerns https://www.cbsnews.com/news/medicaid-climate-change-oregon-air-conditioning-mini-fridges-power-banks/ 8 comments environment
- An Ice Core Reveals the Economic Health of the Roman Empire: long used to track climate change, scientists have now found that lead emissions trapped in the ice can tell a story about prosperity in ancient Rome. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/science/ice-core-lead-roman-empire.html 4 comments italy
- 74% of Americans believe climate change is affecting weather in the United States;61% say that the weather in the U.S. is getting worse;One in five Americans said that these events harmed their health, property or finances http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/10/new-study-shows-more-americans-believe-in-climate-change.html 113 comments science
- The 4th National Climate Assessment: "In the absence of more significant global mitigation efforts, climate change is projected to impose substantial damages on the U.S. economy, human health, and the environment." https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/ 238 comments science
- Mayors push Obama to write methane regulations | The mayors said methane represents a climate change crisis given its potency as a greenhouse gas pollutant. They also called it a public health issue, nothing its impact on air pollution around drilling sites and natural gas storage wells. http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/278021-mayors-push-obama-to-write-methane-regulations 20 comments politics
- Democrats in Congress worry that Obama will cave to GOP. We've seen Obama's cave ins on health care, financial regulation, climate change, civil liberties. Are more coming soon? http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=6259 4 comments politics
- Why climate change is also a public health problem. Increasing temperatures, rainfall and humidity create an ideal habitat for disease-carrying mosquitoes, one of the deadliest predators for humans. Malaria, a mosquito-borne illness, killed 438,000 in 2015 alone https://abcnews.go.com/health/climate-change-public-health-problem/story?id=65821388 3 comments worldnews
- The DNA of gelatinous life forms found in penguin poo might help track the effects of climate change on southern ocean. Knowing what’s on the menu for penguins is important for understanding the health of not just these seabirds, but of their whole ecosystem. https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/penguins-love-jelly/ 3 comments science
- British health systems "unprepared for devastating effects of climate change" - Leading health bodies urge ministers to be ‘properly prepared’ as extreme weather events such as flooding or heatwaves become more common. Urge ministers not to “wait for disaster” before acting. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/30/british-health-systems-unprepared-for-devastating-effects-of-climate-change 6 comments worldnews
- “Exxon Mobil knew the truth about fossil fuels and climate change and lied to protect their business model at the expense of the planet,” Sanders said. He likened Exxon Mobil’s conduct to claims by the tobacco industry about the health risks associated with smoking. http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-calls-for-probe-into-exxon-mobil-claims-on-climate-change 27 comments politics
- Climate change may wipe out the last 50 years' gains in global health by ramping up heatwaves, flood, drought, hunger and disease, an expert panel said http://www.france24.com/en/20150623-climate-change-may-destroy-health-gains-panel 4 comments worldnews
- When Mitt Romney was governor of liberal Massachusetts, he supported abortion, gun control, tackling climate change and a requirement that everyone should buy health insurance, backed up with generous subsidies for those who could not afford it. http://www.economist.com/node/21560864 109 comments politics
- Rupert Murdoch's News Limited owns 70% of Australia's newspapers, which have conducted a prolonged campaign against action on climate change, the Gillard government and greens, and other agendas posing a real and present danger to the health of Australian democracy. http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/a-pressing-case-for-standing-up-to-rupert-murdochs-bullying-20110901-1jo2i.html 118 comments worldnews
- More than a third of summer heat-related fatalities are due to climate change, researchers said Monday, warning of even higher death tolls as global temperatures climb. Previous research on how climate change affects human health has mostly projected future deaths https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210531-global-warming-blamed-for-1-in-3-heat-related-deaths 10 comments worldnews
- Children will bear biggest burden of climate change, Lancet report's lead author says | With increasing diarrhea diseases, more dangerous heat waves, air pollution and increases in mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever and malaria, man-made global warming is already harming public health https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/climate-change-health-children-1.5359024 5 comments worldnews
- Researchers develop new statistical model which predicts that climate change will amplify dust activity in parts of the U.S. in the latter half of the 21st century, which may lead to the increased frequency of spectacular dust storms that have far-reaching impacts on public health and infrastructure https://blogs.princeton.edu/research/2017/07/17/new-model-projects-an-increase-in-dust-storms-in-the-us/ 8 comments science
- Factory Farms Put Climate at Risk, Experts Say in Urging Health Officials to Speak Out - In a letter, 200 experts called on the next director-general of the World Health Organization to confront the role factory farming plays in climate change. http://www.alternet.org/environment/factory-farms-put-climate-risk-experts-say-urging-health-officials-speak-out 30 comments worldnews
- What Bill and Hillary Clinton's Controversial Foundation Actually Does. Although the foundation has a wide array of initiatives —promoting economic equality for women, boosting entrepreneurship in emerging markets and tackling climate change —it is perhaps best known for its health care initiatives. http://fortune.com/2016/08/27/clinton-foundation-health-work/ 568 comments politics
- "An employee of Florida’s environmental protection department was forced to take a leave of absence and seek a mental health evaluation for violating governor Rick Scott’s unwritten ban on using the phrases “climate change” or “global warming" http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/19/florida-employee-forced-on-leave-climate-change 364 comments politics
- Climate change "will see more UK forces deployed in conflicts around world" - Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, one of the UK’s most senior military figures, says global warming is a risk to geopolitical security, "a prerequisite for economic growth, good health & wellbeing for all of us". http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/10/climate-change-will-see-more-uk-forces-deployed-in-conflicts-around-world?9 4 comments worldnews