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Jonathan Patz@jonathanpatz
13 Jan 2018
Check out my TEDx youtube.com/watch?v=r_Dpkn_w… on #climatechange & #health. #ClimateChangeIsReal #climatechangeshealth #energyefficiency #NCDs @GlobalEcoGuy @KHayhoe @NelsonInstitute @UWGlobalHealth @ELPCenter @ClimateCentral @Climate4Health @WBG_Climate @JustinHGillis @c40cities

Climate Change is Affecting Our Health. Is There a Cure? | Jonathan...

Public health is being impacted by climate change via many pathways...

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Important Op Ed below on the #LA_Wildfires and #climatechange and #fossilfuels Twitter/X followers, please follow me on Blue Sky: @jonathanpatz.bsky.social @WHO @ProjectDrawdown @KHayhoe @GCCHE_ sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/art…

California physicians: Fossil fuel companies must pay for climate damages | Opinion

“There should be consequences for companies that knowingly contribute to immeasurable environmental and public health harms.”

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Attending ⁦⁦@TylerPrize⁩ with the 2025 Laureates Sandra Diez and Eduardo Brondizio #conservation #biodiversity #climate
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Over 1,900 researchers describe 'assault' on #Science by White House: 'We see real danger' abcnews.go.com/Health/2000-s… -- Please follow me now on Blue Sky: @jonathanpatz.bsky.social

Over 1,900 researchers describe 'assault' on science by White House: 'We see real danger'

Nearly 2,000 scientists, engineers and researchers penned an open letter this week to the Trump administration calling for a stop to the “assault” on science.

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Big #banks worried about #climatechange according to this article in @sciam [Note to my followers: Please follow me now at @jonathanpatz.bsky.social Thanks! ] scientificamerican.com/artic…

Big Banks Quietly Prepare for Catastrophic Climate Change

Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement’s 2 degree C goal and are examining how to maintain...

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Key news below re #science #health #climate #medicine #EnvironmentTerroristRevanthReddy For those following me, I am moving over to Blue Sky. Please follow me at: @jonathanpatz.bsky.social nytimes.com/2025/03/31/scien…

Trump Administration Has Begun a War on Science, Researchers Say (Published 2025)

Nearly 2,000 scientists urged that Congress restore funding to federal agencies decimated by recent cuts.

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Global Citizen Festival 2024: Global Citizens Take a Record 3.4 Million Actions to Defeat Poverty, Defend the Planet, and Demand Equity glblctzn.co/JwMslGk7uNb #globalcitizen

Global Citizen Festival 2023: Global Citizens Take a Record 3.4 Million Actions to Defeat Poverty,...

3.4 million actions to Defeat Poverty, Defend the Planet, and Demand Equity helped drive historic pledges that took center stage at Global Citizen Festival.

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A Climate Week, health a core theme and former UN Secretary calls for shifting to root of #ClimateCrisis and transition away from fossil fuels. @WIClimateHealth @climandhealth @WHO @DrMariaNeira
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Jane Lubchenco@JaneLubchenco
28 Jul 2024
Really exciting scientific discovery. Check it out.
Prof. Katharine Hayhoe
@KHayhoe
24 Jul 2024
A new studies finds that tree bark removes methane from the atmosphere, making trees 10% even more better for climate than we previously thought! phys.org/news/2024-07-trees-…
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Girma Tefera MD,FACS@gttefera
28 Jul 2024
Today we are celebrating Madison, WI sister cities, @BahirDar is We all need to be cultural ambassadors! Thanks to my better half! @bahirdar ⁦@BahirDarUnivers⁩ ⁦@ethembassyUS⁩ ⁦@EPDNInti⁩ ⁦@USEmbassyAddis⁩ ⁦@em_mehari⁩ ⁦⁦@jonathanpatz⁩
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My esteemed colleague @GregNemet on mitigation of the #ClimateCrisis @climandhealth @wef @WorldBank @ProjectDrawdown @KHayhoe
UW-Madison Nelson Institute@NelsonInstitute
22 Jul 2024
Researchers with the @UWLaFollette and the Nelson Institute helped author the 2024 State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report that finds that around 7–9 billion tonnes of CO2 per year will need to be removed from the atmosphere. Get the full scoop at lafollette.wisc.edu/news/la-…
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Mike Hudema
@MikeHudema
22 Jul 2024
The heat in the Southwest U.S. is incredible. #Vegas saw its fifth day with temps of at least 115°F (46°C). During the first nine days of July, ~2.2 billion gallons of water just vaporized from Lake #Shasta. This isn't normal. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables
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The earth is sending bigger bills like #droughts, #floods, #heatwaves, says @jrockstrom at @TEDTalks: "This implies a 19% GDP loss by 2050 if we follow the current path. It equals $38 trillion loss yearly. It’s starting to hurt, socially & economically." youtube.com/watch?v=slj_-a7u…
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Mike Hudema
@MikeHudema
15 Jul 2024
The earth has lost 28 trillion tons of ice in just 23 years. We are in a #climatecrisis. There is no time to wait. Make 2024 the year we #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #ClimateEmergency #GreenNewDeal
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GMU Center for Climate Change Communication@Mason4C
16 Jul 2024
New polling data shows that most Americans would agree with @MaibachEd's essential climate truths: It's real, it's us, it's bad, experts agree, but there's hope. Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, Spring 2024 out now! climatechangecommunication.o…

Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, Spring 2024 - Center for Climate Change...

Report Summary This report is based on findings from a nationally representative survey – Climate Change in the American Mind – conducted jointly by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication...

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#Wildfire(s) doubling according to new study. #climatecrisis nytimes.com/2024/06/24/clima… @climandhealth @UNEP @KHayhoe @YumingGuo007

Extreme Wildfires Have Doubled in 2 Decades, Study Finds (Published 2024)

In a changing climate, extreme wildfire events are becoming far more common and more intense, according to a new analysis.

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Carter Murphy 🏔️@cartermurphy218
22 Jun 2024
Here’s a 1 minute glimpse of the incredible flash flood today on highway 163 between Mexican hat & Valley Of The Gods in far southeastern Utah. Incredible amount of water! This was from the same supercell that dropped golf ball size hail on lake mead #utwx
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Guardian Environment
@guardianeco
21 Jun 2024
Youth activists win ‘groundbreaking’ climate settlement in Hawaii theguardian.com/us-news/arti…

Youth activists win ‘unprecedented’ climate settlement in Hawaii

State’s transport department given a 2045 deadline to fully decarbonize and achieve zero emissions under agreement

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Mike Hudema
@MikeHudema
20 Jun 2024
South Korea is looking to quadruple solar power from factory rooftops and parking lots: buff.ly/3UG8BZP Shouldn't every roof and parking lot get a solar upgrade? We have the solutions. #ActOnClimate #climate #renewables
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Well Beyond the U.S., Heat and #Climate Extremes Are Hitting Billions nytimes.com/2024/06/21/clima… And @ReneeNSalas_MD says, we must transition away from fossil fuels... everything else is just a Band-Aid on a bullet wound.” #climatecrisis @climandhealth @theNAMedicine @WHO

Well Beyond the U.S., Heat and Climate Extremes Are Hitting Billions (Published 2024)

People all over the world are facing severe heat, floods and fire, aggravated by the use of fossil fuels. The year isn’t halfway done.

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Mike Hudema
@MikeHudema
20 Jun 2024
Singapore's floating #solar farm is made up of over 122,000 #solarpanels, its over 45 pitches long & can power Singapore's entire water system. We have the solutions. Stop the delays. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables #GreenNewDeal
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