Michael Schmeltz, DrPH
@climatemichael.bsky.social
RWJF Health Policy Fellow in DC (House Approps Committee)
Associate Prof. @CalStateEastBay - Climate Change, Env&Occ Health, he/him/his 🏳️🌈
Working at the intersection of Climate, Energy, and Health
Hobbies: hiking, baking, reading, traveling, gaming
Associate Prof. @CalStateEastBay - Climate Change, Env&Occ Health, he/him/his 🏳️🌈
Working at the intersection of Climate, Energy, and Health
Hobbies: hiking, baking, reading, traveling, gaming
I think any of us who studied extreme heat also understood that extreme cold was a huge driver of mortality. Whether it be AC/HVAC/Heating Systems, we have the tech to protect vulnerable populations but still allow an economic injustice to harm people - programs like LIHEAP helped, now...
When home heating is less affordable, more people die each winter. That's what our analysis found for a period when LIHEAP was in place. Without LIHEAP, the effect would presumably much larger.
Ungated copy of the study here: bit.ly/2JrJfxR
Ungated copy of the study here: bit.ly/2JrJfxR
April 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I think any of us who studied extreme heat also understood that extreme cold was a huge driver of mortality. Whether it be AC/HVAC/Heating Systems, we have the tech to protect vulnerable populations but still allow an economic injustice to harm people - programs like LIHEAP helped, now...
Reposted by Michael Schmeltz, DrPH
This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
Absolute BLOODBATH at HHS/NIH/CDC this morning. Generation of scientists, health care officials being wiped out
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April 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
My colleague @askellyphd.bsky.social just published this great paper and while they focused on COVID-19 you could easily substitute it for #ClimateChange impacts to public health and come to similar conclusions - great insight into public health systems and gov response
What facilitated the development of public health capacity in California during COVID-19?
@didikuo1.bsky.social and I examine this question in our new article, “Building the Plane While Flying: Informal State Capacity, Policy Autonomy, and Public Health,”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@didikuo1.bsky.social and I examine this question in our new article, “Building the Plane While Flying: Informal State Capacity, Policy Autonomy, and Public Health,”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Building the Plane While Flying: Informal State Capacity, Policy Autonomy, and Public Health - Didi Kuo, Andrew S. Kelly, 2025
Public health infrastructure varies widely at the local, state, and national levels, and the COVID-19 response revealed just how critical local health authority...
journals.sagepub.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My colleague @askellyphd.bsky.social just published this great paper and while they focused on COVID-19 you could easily substitute it for #ClimateChange impacts to public health and come to similar conclusions - great insight into public health systems and gov response
Great write-up - more of these stories are needed. It is the Bay Area but also communities across the US. These grants were to help the most disadvantaged clean up pollution and protect their environment so they could have clean air and clean water - just like every American should.
A Radically Reshaped EPA Takes Its Toll on Bay Area Environmental Justice Efforts
Nonprofits in East Palo Alto West Oakland & South San Francisco have already hired staff to fulfill grants, paid graduate students for research
@kqedscience.bsky.social @kqednews.kqed.org
www.kqed.org/news/1203137...
Nonprofits in East Palo Alto West Oakland & South San Francisco have already hired staff to fulfill grants, paid graduate students for research
@kqedscience.bsky.social @kqednews.kqed.org
www.kqed.org/news/1203137...
A Radically Reshaped EPA Takes Its Toll on Bay Area Environmental Justice Efforts | KQED
EPA officials have cut or frozen funding for a broad range of Bay Area climate projects, including tree planting, air monitoring, the distribution of air purifiers, youth programming and more.
www.kqed.org
March 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Great write-up - more of these stories are needed. It is the Bay Area but also communities across the US. These grants were to help the most disadvantaged clean up pollution and protect their environment so they could have clean air and clean water - just like every American should.
Couldn’t agree more 🙂↔️
March 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Couldn’t agree more 🙂↔️
Reposted by Michael Schmeltz, DrPH
After weeks of the Trump Administration trying and failing to find evidence of wrongdoing in the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, these funds remain illegally frozen.
Just another example of Trump and Musk trying to steal funding allocated by Congress to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
Just another example of Trump and Musk trying to steal funding allocated by Congress to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
EPA freezing green groups' bank accounts "strikingly illegal," prof says
The Trump administration wants to claw back $20 billion in climate funding authorized by Congress. But the agency has shown no evidence of any wrongdoing.
www.newsweek.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
After weeks of the Trump Administration trying and failing to find evidence of wrongdoing in the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, these funds remain illegally frozen.
Just another example of Trump and Musk trying to steal funding allocated by Congress to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
Just another example of Trump and Musk trying to steal funding allocated by Congress to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
I’m optimistic when I see bills like the one from Rep Underwood - ‘Climate and Health Protection Act’ that codifies climate & health into the Public Health Service Act - very much needed (but may not get far in this Congress) - I think it’s the 3rd time, it’ll stick eventually- keeping hope alive! 😄
March 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I’m optimistic when I see bills like the one from Rep Underwood - ‘Climate and Health Protection Act’ that codifies climate & health into the Public Health Service Act - very much needed (but may not get far in this Congress) - I think it’s the 3rd time, it’ll stick eventually- keeping hope alive! 😄
Reposted by Michael Schmeltz, DrPH
EPA head Lee Zeldin wants to steal $20B of green
www.publicnotice.co/p/lee-zeldin...
www.publicnotice.co/p/lee-zeldin...
EPA head Lee Zeldin wants to steal $20B of green
It's even dumber than you think, and yet Trump's DOJ is playing along.
www.publicnotice.co
February 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
EPA head Lee Zeldin wants to steal $20B of green
www.publicnotice.co/p/lee-zeldin...
www.publicnotice.co/p/lee-zeldin...
Timeline cleanse!
Weekly baking post: my attempt at making Bolo Bao or Pineapple Buns - didn’t get the classic yellow color but they tasted great 😊
Weekly baking post: my attempt at making Bolo Bao or Pineapple Buns - didn’t get the classic yellow color but they tasted great 😊
February 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Timeline cleanse!
Weekly baking post: my attempt at making Bolo Bao or Pineapple Buns - didn’t get the classic yellow color but they tasted great 😊
Weekly baking post: my attempt at making Bolo Bao or Pineapple Buns - didn’t get the classic yellow color but they tasted great 😊
This weeks baked good: French macarons with a lemon poppyseed cream cheese and lemon curd filling - ready for assembly! One of my favorite things to bake #baking
January 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This weeks baked good: French macarons with a lemon poppyseed cream cheese and lemon curd filling - ready for assembly! One of my favorite things to bake #baking
This weeks sweet treat - Christmas Cake - Strawberry shortcake with some fondant decorations (snowman and tree, presents were plastic if I remember) I usually make this every Christmas and have a couple of different ones that may pop up here #Baking
January 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This weeks sweet treat - Christmas Cake - Strawberry shortcake with some fondant decorations (snowman and tree, presents were plastic if I remember) I usually make this every Christmas and have a couple of different ones that may pop up here #Baking
Failing miserably at my weekly Wednesday baking posts this year already😅
Mini green tea cupcakes with matcha butter cream
Mini green tea cupcakes with matcha butter cream
January 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Failing miserably at my weekly Wednesday baking posts this year already😅
Mini green tea cupcakes with matcha butter cream
Mini green tea cupcakes with matcha butter cream
The California Air Resources Board is looking for Research Screening Committee members
-Natural Working Lands/Ag
-Community-based research
-Transportation services and vehicle tech
-Urban planning
(Applicant link: shorturl.at/WbWb8) - Apply by Feb 4th!
More info here: lnkd.in/gqVAsEh8
Please share
-Natural Working Lands/Ag
-Community-based research
-Transportation services and vehicle tech
-Urban planning
(Applicant link: shorturl.at/WbWb8) - Apply by Feb 4th!
More info here: lnkd.in/gqVAsEh8
Please share
January 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The California Air Resources Board is looking for Research Screening Committee members
-Natural Working Lands/Ag
-Community-based research
-Transportation services and vehicle tech
-Urban planning
(Applicant link: shorturl.at/WbWb8) - Apply by Feb 4th!
More info here: lnkd.in/gqVAsEh8
Please share
-Natural Working Lands/Ag
-Community-based research
-Transportation services and vehicle tech
-Urban planning
(Applicant link: shorturl.at/WbWb8) - Apply by Feb 4th!
More info here: lnkd.in/gqVAsEh8
Please share
Reposted by Michael Schmeltz, DrPH
Is there a link between #ClimateChange & increasing risk/severity of #wildfire in California--including the still-unfolding disaster? Yes. Is climate change the only factor at play? No, of course not. So what's really going on? [Thread] #CAfire #CAwx #LAfires iopscience.iop.org/a...
January 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Is there a link between #ClimateChange & increasing risk/severity of #wildfire in California--including the still-unfolding disaster? Yes. Is climate change the only factor at play? No, of course not. So what's really going on? [Thread] #CAfire #CAwx #LAfires iopscience.iop.org/a...
Already lapsed in my Wednesday baking posts this year 😓
Was my birthday this week and made a lemon layer cake with lemon buttercream and candied lemon slices
Was my birthday this week and made a lemon layer cake with lemon buttercream and candied lemon slices
January 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Already lapsed in my Wednesday baking posts this year 😓
Was my birthday this week and made a lemon layer cake with lemon buttercream and candied lemon slices
Was my birthday this week and made a lemon layer cake with lemon buttercream and candied lemon slices
Reposted by Michael Schmeltz, DrPH
Excited to announce the inaugural Health Politics and Policy Research Conference at Dartmouth College!
The conference will be held May 30 - June 1, 2025
We encourage proposals focussing on American, comparative, and global health politics/policy.
Please apply!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zs1a8...
The conference will be held May 30 - June 1, 2025
We encourage proposals focussing on American, comparative, and global health politics/policy.
Please apply!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zs1a8...
www.dropbox.com
January 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Excited to announce the inaugural Health Politics and Policy Research Conference at Dartmouth College!
The conference will be held May 30 - June 1, 2025
We encourage proposals focussing on American, comparative, and global health politics/policy.
Please apply!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zs1a8...
The conference will be held May 30 - June 1, 2025
We encourage proposals focussing on American, comparative, and global health politics/policy.
Please apply!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zs1a8...
Reposted by Michael Schmeltz, DrPH
As record snowfall blankets the US this week, it’s a good time to remember that (a) winter is the season that is warming fastest and (b) warmer air holds more water vapor – which means more water vapor for storms to sweep up and dump as rain, or snow!
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnMJ...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnMJ...
January 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
As record snowfall blankets the US this week, it’s a good time to remember that (a) winter is the season that is warming fastest and (b) warmer air holds more water vapor – which means more water vapor for storms to sweep up and dump as rain, or snow!
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnMJ...
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnMJ...
Another view from the Mall, in addition to joggers I spotted some skis
@capitalweather.bsky.social
@capitalweather.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Another view from the Mall, in addition to joggers I spotted some skis
@capitalweather.bsky.social
@capitalweather.bsky.social
Current conditions on the Mall, not many footsteps to walk in @capitalweather.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Current conditions on the Mall, not many footsteps to walk in @capitalweather.bsky.social
Snowy look down 7th NW towards the mall - excited for some snow after being on West Coast for 7 years
January 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Snowy look down 7th NW towards the mall - excited for some snow after being on West Coast for 7 years
I love baking and gonna try and post some of my creations weekly this year
First up a Tiramisu cake
First up a Tiramisu cake
January 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I love baking and gonna try and post some of my creations weekly this year
First up a Tiramisu cake
First up a Tiramisu cake
The NYS Climate Impact Assessment was just published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - I worked on the Health and Safety chapter with an awesome group (nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) key findings below....
NYAS Publications
New Yorkers face a multitude of health and safety risks that are exacerbated by a changing climate. These risks include direct impacts from extreme weather events and other climate hazards, as well a...
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 16, 2024 at 3:49 PM
The NYS Climate Impact Assessment was just published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - I worked on the Health and Safety chapter with an awesome group (nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) key findings below....