Happy #EarthDay ! 🌎 Consider making a gift to GaCCA as we work to protect the health of our communities and our Common Home: georgiaclimatehealth.org/give

What is the PSC, who are they, what do they do? Emily Jones from WABE News is doing a very good series about the Public Service Commission and how they affect our everyday lives.
wabe.org/who-controls-t…
These news stories are really good at explaining the PSC, please read them.

Since 1990, the number of strokes attributable to high and low temperatures has been increasing, with over half a million deaths in 2019 alone.

Without swift action, that number will rise. We must transition off fossil fuels now to save lives. cnn.com/2024/04/10/hea…

Check it out! Preeti Jaggi, Chair of GaCCA, will join North Decatur United Methodist Church on Wednesday, May 1 from 7-8 p.m. to discuss the intersection of climate and health. This is part of the church's Spring Earth Speaker Series. Join us!
georgiaclimatehealth.org/events/ndumc-e… North Georgia Conference

🌎 Webinar Alert 🌎 - Join us this Friday to hear from Christopher Uejio and Dr. Cheryl Holder on the health and equity implications of extreme heat and the importance of resilience measures.

Register here: bit.ly/3U80jLo

We’re proud to join The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health and 81 other leading health organizations in calling on Congress to prioritize food affordability and nutrition as well as clean air and water in U.S. farm policy! #ActOnClimate #HealthForAll

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Good News! Today U.S. EPA finalized stricter standards for chemical facilities making ethylene oxide and neoprene. This is good news for health! It will reduce toxic air pollution and lower cancer risk. #HealthyAirIsHealthCare
epa.gov/hazardous-air-…
SE Climate & Energy Network The People's Justice Council USCAN

Happy #EarthMonth and #nationalpublichealthweek !! 🌎🧬Shout to all the clinicians who testified last month at the Public Service Commission advocating for cleaner energy sources in Georgia. You’re true heroes!

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🌿📝 Exciting news! 📝🌿 Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing invites submissions for their upcoming edition themed around Climate Change!

Submit your poetry and creative nonfiction by April 15. Visit snapdragonjournal.com/submit for details.

“A new study from Emory University researchers have found an association between traffic-related air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease in humans.” —This is just another reason we need more electric buses and cars on the roads! #ClimateAction

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We just urged U.S. EPA to #CutMethane by fining the largest polluters. Join us and #ActNow with Moms Clean Air Force. #methane actnow.momscleanairforce.org/a/merp-epa-202…

The Consortium applauds U.S. EPA's new standards for light- and medium-duty vehicles, which will avoid 7 billion tons of carbon emissions, provide $13 billion of annual public health benefits, and prevent thousands of premature deaths.

Read our statement: bit.ly/CleanCars-Stat…

It's time to #ActOnClimate ! 'How Physicians Should Respond to Climate Change' from the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (JABFM)

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Climate change is a modifiable risk factor that is contributing to worsening pollen allergies. We can help fix this 🗳️
My latest in MedPage Today

Opinion | Are Your Patients' Allergies Worsening? Climate Change May Be at Play medpagetoday.com/opinion/climat…