There are obvious facts about climate change and things we don’t know exactly yet.  At the same time, Americans have different information sources and different priorities in their lives.  Combine all these and we end up with different perspectives on climate change. As the impacts become evermore undeniable and unignorable, we have an uncertain future

Talking about climate change can bring up a range of emotions and responses in people. Concern may arise for some because climate change threatens their families, communities, and future. Others are upset because they say government regulations to stop climate change destroys our freedom. Some still see climate change as a conspiracy theory, others as

by Nicole Hill, MPH and Robert Perkowitz Published in the NEHA Journal, October 2022 The leading authority globally on cli- mate change is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) within the United Nations. Every 5 years, the panel releases an extensive 3-part as- sessment on climate change that explores the science, the impacts, and

The Biden administration and Democratic congress have taken flak from allies for not doing more, faster to address climate change. It’s a charge that could be leveled at each of us. Dig a little deeper though, and you’ll find that the Democrats have overcome internecine squabbles, Republican stonewalling, and Supreme Court rulings to enact an

ecoAmerica’s most recent contribution to the National Environmental Health Association’s Journal of Environmental Health, “Climate Changes Mental Health” is now available in the July 2022 issue. When you think about climate change, how do you feel? If you are overwhelmed with fear or feeling depressed or despondent, you are not alone. In 2020, 67% of people

You’ve been told, again and again, that climate change isn’t real. That it’s not caused by humans. That the planet always goes through these cycles and that scientists disagree. You’ve been told that climate change is beneficial and burning fossil fuels is necessary to lift people out of poverty. You’ve been told that stopping climate

This is the latest in a six-times per year column that Rebecca Rehr and I do for the National Journal of Environmental Health. In this one, we talk about how environmental health professionals can leverage their work to go beyond the walls of their organization or community to build public support and political will for

Global warming seeped into our consciousness during the Carter administration in the late 1970s. Our burning of fossil fuels was pouring gigatons of pollution into the atmosphere and waters changing the chemistry and temperature of the planet, destroying the nature that sustains us, and creating an existential emergency for humans and other life on the

NEHA is an official partner of ecoAmerica and works closely with our Climate for Health Program, a coalition of health leaders committed to caring for our climate to care for our health. Rebecca Rehr, the director of ecoAmerica’s Climate for Health program and I write six columns a year for their Journal of Environmental Health.

And get it from clean, renewable sources Over the past 10 years since our first American Climate Leadership Summit, it feels like we’ve gone from future tense to past tense without stopping in the present. Just decade ago, solar and wind were financially uncompetitive, 10x their current cost. While there are services like AB Electrical &