Climate Activism In A Global Pandemic
Important connections can be made between the novel Covid 19 pandemic and climate change and doing it in a good way requires nuance and...
Fossil Fuel Advertising Going The Way Of Tobacco Ads
From 1986 to 2015, the five largest fossil fuel companies in the United States spent an estimated $3.6 billion on advertising. If you’re a...
What Does Food Waste Have To Do With The Climate Crisis
The holiday season is upon us, which means spending time with friends, family, and loved ones. For many, it also means spending a lot...
Human And Environmental Health Go Hand In Hand
A recent study by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the University of California shows that climate change is affecting our health and...
Our Health And Climate Change
"I'm an emergency doctor and I'm working on this because this is an emergency," says Dr. Courtney Howard, who wrote the Canadian section of...
Children Face Unique Health Risks Due To Climate Change
The medical profession has sounded the alarm on the potential health risks of climate change. And one demographic in particularly is vulnerable to the threats arising from a warming planet. Climate change disproportionately affects children. A recent paper in the Pediatrics journal estimates that children will bear 88% of the burden of climate-related disease.
The Climate Crisis And Your Health: Infectious Disease
Driven by the burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil, our world is getting warmer and warmer – and real people’s lives are...