HPHC in the News

January 28, 2020
Star Tribune
by Mike Menzel

The Enbridge Line 3 expansion is a threat to our health. That is why Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate recognizes that the only pathway forward is for the Public Utilities Commission to reject the pipeline expansion and close the existing pipeline.

January 27, 2020
Duluth News Tribune
by Thaius Somchai Boyd

In mid-January, more than 20 health professionals presented testimony to Gov Tim Walz’s office on the health risks of Line 3. As a first-year medical student at the University of Minnesota Medical School and as a tribal member of the Ohkay Owingeh and San Felipe Pueblo, I spoke about the impacts Line 3 could have on manoomin (wild rice) and its effects on the tribal communities whose culture and lives are deeply rooted.

January 27, 2020
Journal of Public Health Policy
by Bruce Snyder

Health care professionals and organizations have attempted to advance sound climate policies through educational efforts including conferences, symposia, webinars, and policy and scientific statements. Unfortunately, these approaches have failed to make a substantial impression on the public or elected officials.

January 19, 2020
The Minnesota Daily
by Becca Most

Braving the cold Wednesday morning, more than 20 health professionals, students and climate advocates around Minnesota held a teach-in at the Minnesota State Capitol, educating senior staffers about the potential risks of a proposed replacement oil pipeline.

June 19, 2019
MinnPost
by Bruce D. Snyder

Unfortunately, it’s no longer a matter of what we are willing to pay. It is the matter of paying whatever it takes to save ourselves.

May 30, 2019
Star Tribune
by Mike Menzel

Hold the kudos for a legislative session well done, because the Senate refused to even allow hearings on how Minnesota needs to address the climate and health crisis that is bearing down on us.

May 1, 2019
Minnesota Medicine
by Vishnu Laalitha Surapaneni, MD, MPH, and Nyasha Spears, MD

Climate change is the greatest health threat of the 21st century. Surveys consistently show that more physicians than the general public agree with the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change. For physicians, the question isn’t whether climate change is occurring, but “How do I address this complex topic in an already short patient visit?”

April 28, 2019
Star Tribune
by Bruce D. Snyder

No foreseeable technologic “fix” can allow us to avoid hard choices.

March 22, 2019
MinnPost
by Michael Menzel and Teddie Potter

Minnesota alone cannot solve the global climate challenge, but we can and must do our part. The health and well-being of our communities depend on it.

March 4, 2019
MPR News
by Elizabeth Dunbar and Cody Nelson

“Climate change is the number one threat to global public health of the 21st century. Governor Walz is leading Minnesota to a clean, healthy and equitable future,” Laalitha Surapaneni of Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate said in a statement.

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