by Jennifer Miller, PhD Healthy, sustainable farms are the bedrock of a stable food supply, which in turn is the cornerstone of good nutrition […]
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PHI, APHA and Other Health Organizations Support U.S. Climate-Health Bill
by Jennifer Miller, PhD Climate change is having and will continue to have significant harmful impacts on human health. A 2009 article in […]
Biking for a Change
by Charlotta Chan, MEM Currently, the transportation sector accounts for 28% of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, making it the second […]
Addressing the Mounting Costs of an Extreme California
by Jennifer Miller, PhD Today in California, State Senator Fran Pavley chaired a hearing for the state’s Senate Select Committee on Climate Change and […]
Worsening Wildfires Another Climate Change Threat to Health, and Another Reason for Climate Action
by Jennifer Miller, PhD This past week wildfires torched 28,000 acres in California, at one point threatening 4,000 homes in Ventura County before fire […]
Climate Justice, Hunger and Nutrition
by Cristina Tirado, PhD Currently there are nearly one billion hungry people and 60 percent of chronically hungry are women and girls. Children […]
Adaptation Vanguard
by Erin Middleton Over 500 people from across the nation convened at the inaugural National Adaptation Forum in Denver earlier this month. The […]
Small Grant Opportunity: Climate Change and Health
The Public Health Institute (PHI) is pleased to release a Request for Applications for Creating a Climate for Health Pilot Projects. With funding from the […]
UN’s International Year of Water Cooperation Brings Attention to Climate Impact on Vital Human Resource
by Jennifer Miller, PhD Of the many ways that climate change threatens human health, its impact on water is among the most fundamental. On […]
Climate Policy is Health Policy: The U.S. Climate Protection Act of 2013
by Jennifer Miller, PhD Since 2009, when the last attempt to enact comprehensive federal climate change legislation succumbed to a high-profile political failure, expensive […]