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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH
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Vilas Distinguished Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Researching Climate Change & Health since 1990s: health co-chair for 1st US National Climate Assessment; lead author for UN IPCC; Elected Member of the National Academy of Medicine .. more

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Jonathan Alan Patz is an American academic who is a professor and John P. Holton Chair of Health and the Environment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he serves as Director of the Global Health Institute. Patz also holds appointments in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Population Health Sciences at the UW-Madison. He serves on the executive committee of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement and was elected in 2019 to the National Academy of Medicine. .. more

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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH @jonathanpatz.bsky.social · 9h
Important new analysis on air pollution and electric power generation for data centers, led by our postdoc, Nick Mailloux, from our @csfh-lab.bsky.social Climate Solutions for Health Lab.
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nckmllx.bsky.social Nick Mailloux, PhD @nckmllx.bsky.social · 10h
My colleagues and I quantified the potential air quality and health effects of two natural gas power plants proposed for southeastern Wisconsin.

Over their expected 30-year lifetimes, air quality damages could total $1.38 billion.

Full analysis: www.climatesolutionsforhealth.org/air-quality
Map of the eastern United States showing cumulative county-level monetized air quality damages from 2029–2058 resulting from air pollutant emissions from two natural gas–fired power plants recently proposed for construction in southeastern Wisconsin

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Nick Mailloux, PhD @nckmllx.bsky.social · 10h
My colleagues and I quantified the potential air quality and health effects of two natural gas power plants proposed for southeastern Wisconsin.

Over their expected 30-year lifetimes, air quality damages could total $1.38 billion.

Full analysis: www.climatesolutionsforhealth.org/air-quality
Map of the eastern United States showing cumulative county-level monetized air quality damages from 2029–2058 resulting from air pollutant emissions from two natural gas–fired power plants recently proposed for construction in southeastern Wisconsin

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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH @jonathanpatz.bsky.social · 10d
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/c...

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Court Orders the Netherlands to Protect a Caribbean Island From Climate Change
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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH @jonathanpatz.bsky.social · 11d
Breaking news about EPA and climate:

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Trump’s biggest climate rollback stalls over fears it will lose in court
Trump officials have delayed finalizing the repeal of the agency’s “endangerment finding” over concerns the proposal is too weak to withstand a court challenge.
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 12d
Fixing our farms and food systems, and improving what we eat,
is a recipe for better human and planetary health.

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A recipe for avoiding 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster is fixing food, scientists say
Scientists are presenting new evidence that the worst effects of climate change can’t be avoided without a major transformation of food systems.
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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH @jonathanpatz.bsky.social · 14d
Congrats to Jon Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social for winning the AAG Atlas Award!
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2026 AAG Awards Recognition - AAG
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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH @jonathanpatz.bsky.social · 16d
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POLITICO Pro: Records show DOE climate advisors targeted key EPA finding
The internal dialogue showed the researchers took a political tack in their discussions, a course critics said could complicate the Trump administration’s quest to kill the 2009 endangerment finding.
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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH @jonathanpatz.bsky.social · 18d
Just breaking. Good to see the truth emerging:

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Newly Disclosed Records Show Trump Administration’s Unlawful Actions Related to Secretly Formed “Climate Working Group”
The records are part of more than 68,000 pages of records obtained by EDF and the Union of Concerned Scientists as as the result of a lawsuit.
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Reposted by Jonathan A. Patz, Cameron Brick

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 18d
If ever there was a moment to shame climate wrongdoers, that moment is now. To that end, I offer a recently published article (by @sharonyadin.bsky.social & me) on how ordinary folks like you & me--plus civil society & governments--can harness the power of shame.

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Shaming climate wrongdoers
Shaming climate wrongdoers, Yadin, Sharon, Maibach, Edward
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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH @jonathanpatz.bsky.social · 23d
Our @csfh-lab.bsky.social response to EPA's plan to remove human health from its cost/benefit analysis for #airpollution

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Opinion | Trump EPA ignores health harms of air pollution
UW–Madison research shows that eliminating air pollution emissions in the U.S. energy system could prevent more than 50,000 premature deaths each year.
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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH @jonathanpatz.bsky.social · 23d
Some great new insights on communicating about climate and health!

Reposted by Jonathan A. Patz, Diarmid Campbell‐Lendrum

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 24d
Some great climate communication advice from my friends at @pe-coalition.bsky.social.

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Reposted by Jonathan A. Patz, John Hogan

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 26d
Overview of wildfires in a changing climate. Forests have become a new hotspot.
Previous in ClimateChangePost: Trends for wildfires and forest fires are different: less wildfires, more forest fires. www.climatechangepost.com/news/climate...

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Mapped: how the world is losing its forests to wildfires
Wildfires now destroy twice as much tree cover per year as two decades ago – a crisis fuelled by climate change
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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH @jonathanpatz.bsky.social · 29d
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/c...
Venezuela’s ‘Dirtiest’ Oil and the Environment: Three Things to Know
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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH @jonathanpatz.bsky.social · Jan 10
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Reversing Years of Dietary Advice, the Trump Administration Tells Consumers to Eat More Red Meat - Inside Climate News
The latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans, like previous editions, ignores the climate impacts of livestock and could make them worse, environmental groups worry.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Jan 8
After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.

Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.

More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
A map of the US with each 2025 billion-plus dollar weather and climate disaster geo-located on it. Source: Climate Central

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · Jan 4
My hat is off to Farah Waseem, a 26 year old physician in Pakistan, who "sees advocacy (for human & planetary health) as a moral and civic duty." Every health professional, me included, should stand with Dr. Waseem.

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In Lahore’s Smog Season, This Gen Z Doctor Is Centering Climate Change - Inside Climate News
Dr. Farah Waseem has advocated for climate awareness since childhood. Now, it’s a matter of life and death for her patients in Pakistan.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · Jan 3
"Ending the era of fossil fuels as soon as possible is imperative for human and planetary health... the health community can play a unique and essential role in building public and political will to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy" - Prof. @maibached.bsky.social
Frontiers | Accelerating the end of the fossil fuel era: a human and planetary health imperative and opportunity
In their excellent lead article "Immune responses to environmental hazards associated with climate change," Agache et al. (1) paint a vivid picture...
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Reposted by Jonathan A. Patz, Simon Dalby

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Dec 31
Pulling climate data offline, canceling research grants, and de-funding scientific institutions doesn't just suppress climate information. It weakens the foundation we rely on to make good decisions of any kind.

In my latest "Tea with Katharine" I share why investment in science is so important!

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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · Dec 29
If Project Drawdown could set one resolution for the world in 2026, it would be a reestablishment of our relationship with truth, and through it, our shared humanity.

👉 To see the full @climateone.org award ceremony honoring @globalecoguy.bsky.social, check out: https://bit.ly/4jdgBO2

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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH @jonathanpatz.bsky.social · Nov 30
E.P.A. Delays Requirements to Cut Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/c...
E.P.A. Delays Requirements to Cut Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · Nov 29
I am shocked, yes shocked, that Murdoch Media (i.e., Fox News, WSJ, NY Post) would deceive its audience about why electricity prices are rising.

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Murdoch Media Wrongly Pinned NJ High Electricity Costs on Clean Energy, Says Watchdog - Inside Climate News
The op-eds and TV segments coincided with the gubernatorial campaign in the Garden State.
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · Nov 23
The leaders of these 83 countries deserve appreciation and gratitude for doing the needful by calling for a rapid end to the fossil fuel era.

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83 Countries Join Call to End Fossil Fuels at COP30 | Earth.Org
83 nations, including most EU countries, the UK, and Small Island States, support a "roadmap” for ending fossil fuels at COP30.
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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH @jonathanpatz.bsky.social · Nov 15
Session on #datacenters #energy and #health at Healthy Climate Wisconsin annual conference

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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH @jonathanpatz.bsky.social · Nov 15
2nd day at Heathy Climate Wisconsin
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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH @jonathanpatz.bsky.social · Nov 14
Attending amazing conference of Healthy Climate Wisconsin
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The Global Climate And Health Alliance @gchalliance.bsky.social · Nov 13
How is health relevant to the @UNFCCC negotiations?

At #COP30, governments have the chance to show that climate action can save lives now & protect generations to come.

NOW is the time to translate momentum on health ➡️ action.

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Jess Beagley's address to the 2025 Global Conference on Climate and Health held in Brasilia
YouTube video by Global Climate and Health Alliance
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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH @jonathanpatz.bsky.social · Nov 13
Check out our article in today's THE CONVERSATION

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csfh-lab.bsky.social Climate Solutions for Health Lab @csfh-lab.bsky.social · Nov 12
Heat, air pollution, disease, and crop loss linked to climate change are worsening and costing millions of lives around the world each year. Yet current efforts are rolling back protections from vehicles and power plant emissions.

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Image of a power plant in the sunset with plumes of smoke. Text shows title of article: Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change. Authors listed. Climate solutions for Health lab logo in the lower left. "News from the Lab" in the lower right. Text in boxes about illness and climate risks and worsening public health. images of wildfire smoke, an adult overheating, a child with a nebulizer for asthma and a flooded house shown. image of a power plant overlaid with text blocks about current efforts to rollback climate protections, and what we can do.

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Climate Solutions for Health Lab @csfh-lab.bsky.social · Nov 12
Heat, air pollution, disease, and crop loss linked to climate change are worsening and costing millions of lives around the world each year. Yet current efforts are rolling back protections from vehicles and power plant emissions.

theconversation.com/want-to-make...

#climatechange #publichealth
Image of a power plant in the sunset with plumes of smoke. Text shows title of article: Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change. Authors listed. Climate solutions for Health lab logo in the lower left. "News from the Lab" in the lower right. Text in boxes about illness and climate risks and worsening public health. images of wildfire smoke, an adult overheating, a child with a nebulizer for asthma and a flooded house shown. image of a power plant overlaid with text blocks about current efforts to rollback climate protections, and what we can do.

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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH @jonathanpatz.bsky.social · Oct 26
Implications of EPA's reconsidering major climate rule:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/c...
An E.P.A. Plan to Kill a Major Climate Rule Is Worrying Business Leaders
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