Wrapping up the 2025 state legislative session, unraveling the key outcomes.
5 min. read While much was left undone on May 19, the last official day of the 2025 legislative session, legislators completed the state’s business via a brief special session on June 9. Our legislators worked together across the aisle to keep the state working for all Minnesotans by passing a $66 billion state budget… Read more »
Like a garden, democracy (and climate change conversations) need tending.
2 min. read On June 9-10, Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate (HPHC) and Advocates for Better Health (ABH) connected with a variety of rural health stakeholders at the 2025 Minnesota Rural Health conference in Duluth, which is one of the largest state rural health conferences in the country. HPHC and ABH co-tabled… Read more »
Meet Ava Corey-Gruenes, MA
HPHC welcomes Ava Corey-Gruenes, MA to our small but mighty team! You’ll find Ava scaling up existing projects like mobilizing advocates to speak about the health benefits of electric school buses and leading new projects to engage more health professionals across the state. Read on to get to know Ava — including how they approach… Read more »
Understanding climate and health policy in the 2024 legislative session
5 min. read | Policy and advocacy | Minnesota legislature The 2024 Minnesota legislative session wrapped up in mid-May and brought several wins for climate action. As you might recall, 2023 was a celebratory year for climate action with the passage of the 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040 bill and extensive investments in solar,… Read more »
Meet Kelley, HPHC’s new executive director
In March 2024, HPHC welcomed Kelley Skumautz, MA, as our first full-time executive director. HPHC is grateful to Brenna Doheny, PhD, MPH, for enthusiastically and steadfastly leading the organization through key milestones as both volunteer executive director and board chair. Moving forward, Brenna will focus on her role as board chair to continue advancing HPHC’s… Read more »
Leading the charge towards electric school buses and better health
“As an educator and a physician, I’m excited about new funding opportunities for Minneapolis Public Schools to transition our fossil fuel burning bus fleet to zero emission electric school buses,” Dr. Dan Trajano, MD, MBA, board member of Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate (HPHC), said during a recent Minneapolis Public Schools’ board meeting. Just… Read more »
Minnesota’s 2023 legislative session: Monumental investments in climate and health action
HPHC is celebrating the end of the 2023 Minnesota Legislative session and the passage of monumental policies and investments that will support a healthy climate and improved health for all Minnesotans. HPHC advocated for and worked on numerous policies that passed in 2023 in collaboration with other groups and coalitions, including: 100% Campaign, Coalition for… Read more »
