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MAY 22, 2025

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Highlights

Action Opportunity: Share this new video to help bring more health professionals into the climate movement!

Action Opportunity: Sign this message of concern from the nation’s health professionals

Healthy Climate America podcast logo.

Podcast: Teaching the Choir to Sing: How Health Professionals Can Fight Misinformation

MSCCH | John Cook

Latest News

Sign that reads No New Fossil Fuels.

Fossil fuel adverts are today’s tobacco. Cities must ban them

May 20, 2025 | Context | Jemilah Mahmood and Jeni Miller

Two cars in a flood.

Despite backlash, more states are considering laws to make Big Oil pay for climate change

May 19, 2025 | Grist | Akielly Hu

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How Microplastics Impact Women’s Health – and What We Can Do

May 15, 2025 | WebMD | Neha Pathak and Jan Van Dis

State News

An EF-3 tornado with 150 mph winds ripped through the St. Louis area on May 16, killing five people while damaging or destroying generational Black businesses.

Sirens Failed. FEMA Didn’t Show Up. Now Black St. Louis Recovers from Deadly Tornadoes Alone.

May 20, 2025 | Capital B | Adam Mahoney

Athmar Park resident Myranda Dominguez paid $20 for two trees from the Park People’s Denver Digs Trees program, which prioritizes neighborhoods with historically low tree canopies. Photo: Carly Rose, Rocky Mountain PBS

This low-cost tree program makes shade more accessible for Denver residents

May 15, 2025 | Rocky Mountain PBS | Carly Rose

Construction is ongoing on the first phase of Microsoft’s data center project in Mount Pleasant.

Power-hungry data centers are prompting new gas plant proposals. Critics say that would lock in pollution and higher costs for decades.

May 13, 2025 | Wisconsin Public Radio | Danielle Kaeding

The coal-fired Plant Scherer stands in the distance in Juliette, Ga., in 2017.

The latest red flag for these Georgia doctors? Poor air quality

May 8, 2025 | GPB | Sofi Gratas

Research, Reports, & Resources

A majority of registered voters want federal agencies to increase their efforts to protect people from the health harms of global warming

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication

 

Report: Climate change increasing pregnancy risks around the world due to extreme heat

Climate Central

 

Climate & Health Grand Rounds Toolkit

Climate RX

Events & Opportunities

You can find more events and opportunities on our website.

Join us on for an interactive webinar featuring a hands-on policy simulation using En-ROADS—a climate model co-developed by Climate Interactive and MIT Sloan. In this 90-minute interactive workshop, participants will dive into the impact of various climate strategies and learn how these solutions can mitigate the health impacts of climate change. Register here. 

Understanding & Countering Climate Change Misinformation and Disinformation
May 29, 2025

 

This webinar will discuss how climate change disinformation spreads, what groups are susceptible, and how organizations and stakeholders can respond.

 

REGISTER HERE

Investing in Health: The Local Impact of Climate Action & Clean Energy
June 4, 2025

 

Join the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments for a half-day, hybrid symposium exploring how historic investments in clean energy and climate action are already creating healthier, more sustainable communities

 

REGISTER HERE

Diploma in Climate Medicine

Registration is open for the Foundations in Climate Medicine Certificate, part of the Diploma in Climate Medicine. This immersive program includes a deep dive into the health effects of climate change, communication training, hands-on experience with climate modeling, and more. Learn more and register here.

Heat Emergencies: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management

The Heat Emergencies: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management CME Course is a virtual, lecture-based 4 half-day course to educate clinicians about how to diagnose, treat, and prevent heat-related illness. Learn more and register here.

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