The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
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We mobilize the health voice for equitable climate solutions.
Housed at the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication.
Housed at the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication.
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The #OPOH26 agenda is now live!
This year's can't-miss event features actionable sessions on federal climate actions, effective campaigns, digital power, healthcare resiliency, and much more.
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This year's can't-miss event features actionable sessions on federal climate actions, effective campaigns, digital power, healthcare resiliency, and much more.
Explore the full agenda and register here: cvent.me/EO9ngP
New #ClimateCheckup out today: The EPA Just Made Our Air Less Safe to Breathe
"The air our patients breathe should not make them sick, and policy choices should not make our jobs harder by increasing preventable disease." @lisapatel.bsky.social @medpagetoday.com
"The air our patients breathe should not make them sick, and policy choices should not make our jobs harder by increasing preventable disease." @lisapatel.bsky.social @medpagetoday.com
Opinion | The EPA Just Made Our Air Less Safe to Breathe
Repealing the Endangerment Finding will shape our clinical reality for years to come
www.medpagetoday.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:01 PM
New #ClimateCheckup out today: The EPA Just Made Our Air Less Safe to Breathe
"The air our patients breathe should not make them sick, and policy choices should not make our jobs harder by increasing preventable disease." @lisapatel.bsky.social @medpagetoday.com
"The air our patients breathe should not make them sick, and policy choices should not make our jobs harder by increasing preventable disease." @lisapatel.bsky.social @medpagetoday.com
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The public health and medical community is united on speaking out against repeal of the endangerment finding
February 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM
The public health and medical community is united on speaking out against repeal of the endangerment finding
Today, the EPA chose to abandon its key duty by repealing the #EndangermentFinding. This decision will make people sicker and leave families to pay the cost, all while shielding polluters from accountability.
Our statement: medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org/statements/c... @lisapatel.bsky.social
Our statement: medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org/statements/c... @lisapatel.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Today, the EPA chose to abandon its key duty by repealing the #EndangermentFinding. This decision will make people sicker and leave families to pay the cost, all while shielding polluters from accountability.
Our statement: medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org/statements/c... @lisapatel.bsky.social
Our statement: medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org/statements/c... @lisapatel.bsky.social
Repealing the endangerment finding would let the fossil fuel industry off the hook and leave us to bear the cost of climate pollution.
We won’t let them.
Health professionals will continue speaking out because our patients, families, and communities cannot afford this harm.
We won’t let them.
Health professionals will continue speaking out because our patients, families, and communities cannot afford this harm.
A group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts are now paying off.
The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.
The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.
A Campaign to Revoke the Endangerment Finding Appears Near ‘Total Victory’
A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts seem poised to pay off.
nyti.ms
February 10, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Repealing the endangerment finding would let the fossil fuel industry off the hook and leave us to bear the cost of climate pollution.
We won’t let them.
Health professionals will continue speaking out because our patients, families, and communities cannot afford this harm.
We won’t let them.
Health professionals will continue speaking out because our patients, families, and communities cannot afford this harm.
Climate change is already harming communities across the country, with clinicians seeing more heat illness, asthma attacks, cardiovascular events, and anxiety. Rolling back federal protections, like the endangerment finding, will only worsen these risks. @earthjustice.org
Climate Change Is Harming Her Patients. Trump’s Latest Plan Will Make It Worse.
The administration wants to repeal a key scientific finding on climate change, limiting the government's ability to protect us from climate pollution.
earthjustice.org
February 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Climate change is already harming communities across the country, with clinicians seeing more heat illness, asthma attacks, cardiovascular events, and anxiety. Rolling back federal protections, like the endangerment finding, will only worsen these risks. @earthjustice.org
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Do data centers harm people's health? Given the proliferation of data centers across VA, the US & world, it's an important yet unanswered question. In this paper, @ngour.bsky.social, @lortizuriarte.bsky.social & I examine the possibilities.
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Frontiers | Health implications of the rapid rise of data centers in Virginia: an exploratory assessment
Driven by advances in cloud computing, cryptocurrency, and artificial intelligence, the rapid proliferation of data centers may pose severe human and planeta...
www.frontiersin.org
February 6, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Do data centers harm people's health? Given the proliferation of data centers across VA, the US & world, it's an important yet unanswered question. In this paper, @ngour.bsky.social, @lortizuriarte.bsky.social & I examine the possibilities.
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What carried us through 2025 was not the absence of hardship but the presence of solidarity. Health professionals continued to organize, educate, and defend those they serve.
Our 2025 Annual Report highlights these incredible efforts.
Read it here: bit.ly/MSCCH25
Our 2025 Annual Report highlights these incredible efforts.
Read it here: bit.ly/MSCCH25
February 5, 2026 at 6:17 PM
What carried us through 2025 was not the absence of hardship but the presence of solidarity. Health professionals continued to organize, educate, and defend those they serve.
Our 2025 Annual Report highlights these incredible efforts.
Read it here: bit.ly/MSCCH25
Our 2025 Annual Report highlights these incredible efforts.
Read it here: bit.ly/MSCCH25
We are less than 25 days away from the 2026 Our Planet, Our Health Convention! Have you registered yet?
Join us to explore bold ideas, learn from inspiring speakers, and build meaningful relationships with others driving this movement.
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Join us to explore bold ideas, learn from inspiring speakers, and build meaningful relationships with others driving this movement.
➡️ cvent.me/qxz7yN #OPOH26
February 4, 2026 at 8:44 PM
We are less than 25 days away from the 2026 Our Planet, Our Health Convention! Have you registered yet?
Join us to explore bold ideas, learn from inspiring speakers, and build meaningful relationships with others driving this movement.
➡️ cvent.me/qxz7yN #OPOH26
Join us to explore bold ideas, learn from inspiring speakers, and build meaningful relationships with others driving this movement.
➡️ cvent.me/qxz7yN #OPOH26
"By removing lifesaving environmental protections and failing to limit harmful chemicals and toxic pollution, the administration is letting corporate polluters poison the air that kids and families breathe and the water they drink."
NEW: President Trump promised to protect kids' health. Instead, EPA Head Lee Zeldin is rigging the system in favor of corporate polluters, exposing 2M+ kids to toxins & chemicals tied to asthma, autism, ADHD & cancer and delivering a gut-punch to MAHA goals: www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
How the Trump Administration’s Embrace of Oil, Gas, and Chemical Industry Interests Will Endanger Children’s Health
The Trump administration’s actions to eliminate lifesaving environmental protections would allow corporate polluters to emit more toxins and chemicals, exposing more than 2 million kids to pollutants ...
www.americanprogress.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:05 PM
"By removing lifesaving environmental protections and failing to limit harmful chemicals and toxic pollution, the administration is letting corporate polluters poison the air that kids and families breathe and the water they drink."
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Dr. Surapaneni spent last summer driving across America confirming a terrifying truth: fossil fuels are poisoning us. From a 60-acre toxic lake in Texas to communities suffocating under pollution, she saw the crisis that is killing an estimated 350,000 Americans yearly. psr.org/event/livest...
February 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Dr. Surapaneni spent last summer driving across America confirming a terrifying truth: fossil fuels are poisoning us. From a 60-acre toxic lake in Texas to communities suffocating under pollution, she saw the crisis that is killing an estimated 350,000 Americans yearly. psr.org/event/livest...
Federal rollbacks of environmental protections mean more toxic air and hazards, and one clear message: Profit is trumping people, health, and justice.
⬇️ Read more from Dr. Kathi A. Earles, a 2025 Climate and Health Equity Fellow, on who pays the price. @islandpress.bsky.social
⬇️ Read more from Dr. Kathi A. Earles, a 2025 Climate and Health Equity Fellow, on who pays the price. @islandpress.bsky.social
When Profit Trumps People: The Administration’s Assault on Environmental Justice
By Kathi Earles, MD, MPH, DABOM
islandpress.medium.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Federal rollbacks of environmental protections mean more toxic air and hazards, and one clear message: Profit is trumping people, health, and justice.
⬇️ Read more from Dr. Kathi A. Earles, a 2025 Climate and Health Equity Fellow, on who pays the price. @islandpress.bsky.social
⬇️ Read more from Dr. Kathi A. Earles, a 2025 Climate and Health Equity Fellow, on who pays the price. @islandpress.bsky.social
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Why Telehealth Is Becoming a Core Climate Resilience Strategy for Healthcare.
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Access Reimagined: Why Telehealth Is Becoming a Core Climate Resilience Strategy for Healthcare
Third post in our series on convergence of health sector and sustainability predictions for the New Year
open.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Why Telehealth Is Becoming a Core Climate Resilience Strategy for Healthcare.
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As the climate warms, extreme wildfires are blanketing many cities and towns in thick smoke. Young children, whose lungs are still developing, are especially vulnerable to this pollution.
@lisapatel.bsky.social breaks down this growing threat in a recent @climateconnections.bsky.social ⬇️
@lisapatel.bsky.social breaks down this growing threat in a recent @climateconnections.bsky.social ⬇️
Wildfire smoke is a growing threat to kids » Yale Climate Connections
Children’s developing lungs make them vulnerable to air pollution.
yaleclimateconnections.org
February 2, 2026 at 9:46 PM
As the climate warms, extreme wildfires are blanketing many cities and towns in thick smoke. Young children, whose lungs are still developing, are especially vulnerable to this pollution.
@lisapatel.bsky.social breaks down this growing threat in a recent @climateconnections.bsky.social ⬇️
@lisapatel.bsky.social breaks down this growing threat in a recent @climateconnections.bsky.social ⬇️
📢 Calling all health professionals! Join the Fossil Free for Health Coalition on February 12 to boost your advocacy skills and connect with the community working on visionary #MakePollutersPay campaigns across the country.
Register here: healthinpartnership-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register here: healthinpartnership-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 2, 2026 at 5:50 PM
📢 Calling all health professionals! Join the Fossil Free for Health Coalition on February 12 to boost your advocacy skills and connect with the community working on visionary #MakePollutersPay campaigns across the country.
Register here: healthinpartnership-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register here: healthinpartnership-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🚨 This EPA’s actions to put polluters first, at the expense of our health, are dangerous and will be deadly. Administrator Zeldin has abandoned his sworn duty and must be held accountable for his agenda.
Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/he... @actonclimateus.bsky.social
Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/he... @actonclimateus.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 5:22 PM
🚨 This EPA’s actions to put polluters first, at the expense of our health, are dangerous and will be deadly. Administrator Zeldin has abandoned his sworn duty and must be held accountable for his agenda.
Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/he... @actonclimateus.bsky.social
Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/he... @actonclimateus.bsky.social
☀️⚡️The power of rebuilding with clean energy: cost savings, long-term climate resilience, and healthier communities.
More than a year after Hurricane Helene, clean-energy microgrids are springing up in rural North Carolina thanks to a program that could become a national model.
More than a year after Hurricane Helene, clean-energy microgrids are springing up in rural North Carolina thanks to a program that could become a national model.
After Helene, rural North Carolina turns to solar and battery hubs
More than a year after the storm’s devastation, clean-energy microgrids are springing up in remote areas thanks to a program that could become a national…
www.canarymedia.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:47 PM
☀️⚡️The power of rebuilding with clean energy: cost savings, long-term climate resilience, and healthier communities.
More than a year after Hurricane Helene, clean-energy microgrids are springing up in rural North Carolina thanks to a program that could become a national model.
More than a year after Hurricane Helene, clean-energy microgrids are springing up in rural North Carolina thanks to a program that could become a national model.
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Proponents argue that fossil fuels are more reliable than clean energy during extreme weather. That argument may be more fiction (aka fossil industry propaganda) than fact. Fossil fuels failed during the current winter super storm, Fern.
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Fossil Fuels Failed During Winter Storm Fern
Power plant outages in America's largest grid show we can't depend upon fossil fuels
open.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Proponents argue that fossil fuels are more reliable than clean energy during extreme weather. That argument may be more fiction (aka fossil industry propaganda) than fact. Fossil fuels failed during the current winter super storm, Fern.
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Data center growth is rapidly reshaping Wisconsin’s energy system. A new report shows that increased energy demand could drive up costs while deepening the state's reliance on fossil fuels.
"The harms are already happening."
"The harms are already happening."
Data centers could cost Wisconsin's energy system billions, increase reliance on fossil fuels
Spiking energy demand driven by data center development could lead to between $113 billion and $130 billion in total electricity system costs for Wisconsin by 2050, while increasing the state’s relian...
www.wpr.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Data center growth is rapidly reshaping Wisconsin’s energy system. A new report shows that increased energy demand could drive up costs while deepening the state's reliance on fossil fuels.
"The harms are already happening."
"The harms are already happening."
🎉 In December, we celebrated 14 new Climate & Health Equity Fellows and five years of CHEF! Across the nation, our recent graduates and alumni are strengthening communities through education and advocacy.
Read about what they’ve been up to in our latest Connections: bit.ly/CHEFConnection
Read about what they’ve been up to in our latest Connections: bit.ly/CHEFConnection
January 28, 2026 at 5:27 PM
🎉 In December, we celebrated 14 new Climate & Health Equity Fellows and five years of CHEF! Across the nation, our recent graduates and alumni are strengthening communities through education and advocacy.
Read about what they’ve been up to in our latest Connections: bit.ly/CHEFConnection
Read about what they’ve been up to in our latest Connections: bit.ly/CHEFConnection
A brutal winter storm might seem in conflict with life on a rapidly warming planet, but it actually highlights how climate change can lead to more intense extremes on both ends of the spectrum.
How this brutal winter storm is possible with climate change – and possibly even more likely | CNN
The frigid temperatures, massive snow and deadly ice storm occurring east of the Rockies might seem to conflict with life on a rapidly warming planet. But all of these things still happen, even with c...
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:31 PM
A brutal winter storm might seem in conflict with life on a rapidly warming planet, but it actually highlights how climate change can lead to more intense extremes on both ends of the spectrum.
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Deeply poignant and timely reflections by @emorwee.bsky.social about the loss of VA nurse Alex Pretti and so much more. I encourage everyone to read them.
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I don't know how to do this
But I'm going to keep doing it anyway.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Deeply poignant and timely reflections by @emorwee.bsky.social about the loss of VA nurse Alex Pretti and so much more. I encourage everyone to read them.
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🚨BREAKING: Michigan is suing Big Oil!
Attorney General Dana Nessel says the state's antitrust case will show oil majors "conspired together" to block renewable energy, driving up costs & energy options for Michiganders.
“At its heart, this is a case that is squarely about energy affordability.”
Attorney General Dana Nessel says the state's antitrust case will show oil majors "conspired together" to block renewable energy, driving up costs & energy options for Michiganders.
“At its heart, this is a case that is squarely about energy affordability.”
Michigan to file antitrust lawsuit claiming oil giants colluded against EVs, renewables
Michigan will sue major oil companies and an industry group, alleging they colluded to block renewable energy as a competitor to fossil fuels.
www.crainsdetroit.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:49 PM
🚨BREAKING: Michigan is suing Big Oil!
Attorney General Dana Nessel says the state's antitrust case will show oil majors "conspired together" to block renewable energy, driving up costs & energy options for Michiganders.
“At its heart, this is a case that is squarely about energy affordability.”
Attorney General Dana Nessel says the state's antitrust case will show oil majors "conspired together" to block renewable energy, driving up costs & energy options for Michiganders.
“At its heart, this is a case that is squarely about energy affordability.”
🗓️ The 2026 Our Planet, Our Health Convention is only one month away! Have you registered yet? Join us in person or virtually for this can't-miss event to network, hear from engaging speakers, and deepen your knowledge.
➡️ cvent.me/qxz7yN #OPOH26
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January 23, 2026 at 7:19 PM
🗓️ The 2026 Our Planet, Our Health Convention is only one month away! Have you registered yet? Join us in person or virtually for this can't-miss event to network, hear from engaging speakers, and deepen your knowledge.
➡️ cvent.me/qxz7yN #OPOH26
➡️ cvent.me/qxz7yN #OPOH26
EPA is not following its core mission: to protect human health and the environment. We are proud to stand alongside 188 organizations calling on Congress to hold EPA and Administrator Zeldin accountable for the health of our families and communities. www.momscleanairforce.org/resources/ho...
EPA has a clearly defined mission: to protect human health and the environment. But under the leadership of Administrator Lee Zeldin the agency has betrayed its mission. It is failing the families it is supposed to protect, sacrificing health to the interests of polluters.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
EPA is not following its core mission: to protect human health and the environment. We are proud to stand alongside 188 organizations calling on Congress to hold EPA and Administrator Zeldin accountable for the health of our families and communities. www.momscleanairforce.org/resources/ho...
From extreme heat to floods, climate disasters are hitting Black communities first and worst. But here's the good news: Community-led resilience hubs are helping these neighborhoods prepare, stay safe and connected, and build a greener future for all.
How Resilience Hubs Protect Black People From Climate Disasters
These community-led hubs deliver safety, power, and environmental justice.
wordinblack.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:50 PM
From extreme heat to floods, climate disasters are hitting Black communities first and worst. But here's the good news: Community-led resilience hubs are helping these neighborhoods prepare, stay safe and connected, and build a greener future for all.