The Public Health Institute and the Center for Climate Change and Health today released a statement applauding the Environmental Protection Agency’s move to regulate carbon emissions from existing US power plants with proposed emissions standards.

Monday night, 31 U.S. Senators staged an all-night “talkathon” (hashtagged #Up4Climate) to urge their colleagues in Congress to begin, in earnest, to address climate change. Their key points: Action is critical, the scientific consensus is clear, the window of opportunity is closing, and denial won’t keep climate change from wreaking untold harm on U.S. communities.