What physicians can do about climate change
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?”
Saving the planet requires radical change
No foreseeable technologic “fix” can allow us to avoid hard choices.
Community Voices: 100% clean energy will benefit the health and well-being of all Minnesotans
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.
Walz unveils plan for all carbon-free electricity by 2050
“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.
Doctor: Climate policy will help ‘keep my patients out of the hospital’
Growing up in India, Dr. Laalitha Surapaneni watched the number of heat waves grow. They got more intense. And the beach stalls in her coastal city had to be moved inland when the shoreline began to encroach as the seas rose: All of them were effects of climate change.
