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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · Jul 19

Extreme heat doesn’t receive the same “round-the-clock” coverage as wildfires, hurricanes, or floods. Yet, “Of all the climate disasters we face, heat is the most urgent, and its day-to-day effects are also the trickiest to talk about.” By Meg Bernhard @columjournreview.bsky.social

What Makes Heat So Hard to Cover?

For journalists, the most urgent climate disaster is also the trickiest to report on.

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Kristi E. White, Ph.D., ABPP (she/her) @kristiwhitephd.bsky.social · Apr 18

@apadivision38.bsky.social @sbm.org @bsamjournal.bsky.social @apajournals.bsky.social @elissaepel.bsky.social @maibached.bsky.social

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Kristi E. White, Ph.D., ABPP (she/her) @kristiwhitephd.bsky.social · Apr 18

I invite you to join me & my colleagues on Monday, April 21 for APA’s Essential Science Conversation where we will discuss how Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine can transform to address the #ClimateCrisis.

🗓 April 21, 2025
🕙 10:00 AM CST
🔗 apa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Quote by Kristi White that states, “Health psychology and behavioral medicine have ample opportunities for addressing the health impacts of climate change through prioritizing co-benefit solutions in clinical practice and educational settings. How we respond to this call to action represents an important inflection point for our fields at this critical juncture in history.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Apr 5

Wow. #HandsOff rally in St. Paul, Minnesota is massive!

Massive crowd at Hands Off rally in St. Paul, Minnesota

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Harley M. Layman, PhD (she/her) @harleylayman.bsky.social · Mar 20

Thank you to our fearless Program Committee chair for making this gathering possible 🤩 @kristiwhitephd.bsky.social #SBSM2025Seattle

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Kristi E. White, Ph.D., ABPP (she/her) @kristiwhitephd.bsky.social · Feb 12

An important read for all healthcare professionals by @ericreinhart.bsky.social.

“In the face of demands to deny care or assist in persecuting targeted groups, health workers face a stark choice: become collaborators or resisters.”

H/T @chomilomd.bsky.social

www.statnews.com/2025/02/11/a...

Health workers face a stark choice: become collaborators or resisters

“Authoritarian regimes often rely on doctors and other health workers to provide a facade of legitimacy and willing hands armed with scalpels, syringes, pens, or simply locks on doors,” writes Eric Re...

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · Feb 7

“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.”

The Lancet response: bit.ly/4jRb5Av

A Lancet Editorial: “American chaos: standing up for health and medicine”

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Kristi E. White, Ph.D., ABPP (she/her) @kristiwhitephd.bsky.social · Feb 5

So…I’m noticing that there is still not a Minnesota chapter of @cleanairmoms.bsky.social…do we think there would be interest in creating one? 😬

Map of states that have Mom’s Clean Air Force chapters and activities

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social · Jan 24

As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽‍💻

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Kristi E. White, Ph.D., ABPP (she/her) @kristiwhitephd.bsky.social · Jan 12

An excellent thread.

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · Jan 12

1/12. Lots of engagement with this Walmart research post. I wanted to follow up on one of the themes I noticed in reactions. This will be a longer thread than I usually write, but I want to weave together a few related points on science (and communication about it), public engagement, and policy.

Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · Jan 12

"Walmart makes the places it operates in poorer than they would be if it had never shown up at all. Sometimes consumer prices are an incomplete, even misleading, signal of economic well-being."

Fascinating studies on the broader effects of Walmart:

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Kristi E. White, Ph.D., ABPP (she/her) @kristiwhitephd.bsky.social · Jan 5

I think we do! I’m involved in HPHC so I think there are probably lots of people in our obits who overlap 😁

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Kristi E. White, Ph.D., ABPP (she/her) @kristiwhitephd.bsky.social · Jan 5

Hi Michael! It’s nice to be known by you 🤗. I’ve known about your work since I discovered Fresh Energy about 5 years ago! We’ve overlapped a few times, but it’s lovely to be connected here. 😊

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Desmond Warren, M.A. @desmondwarren.bsky.social · Dec 31

Hey #PsychSky,

To all Black-identified individuals in the field of #psychology (including psych trainees & psych organizations) who are new to #Bluesky & would like to join the "Black In Psychology" starter pack, let me know. I'm more than happy to add you!

Please help me share 🙏🏽

#Blacksky

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Kristi E. White, Ph.D., ABPP (she/her) @kristiwhitephd.bsky.social · Dec 31

PS - give @drnogueira.bsky.social a follow & check out her amazing work. She is brilliant & I love learning from her. Here’s a great snippet that highlights her work on #ClimateChange & #cancer (from LinkedIn)

www.linkedin.com/posts/sarahm...

Sarah M. Dunlap, Ph.D. on LinkedIn: #earlydetection #cancerscreening #climatechange #sustainability

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏-𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅…

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Kristi E. White, Ph.D., ABPP (she/her) @kristiwhitephd.bsky.social · Dec 31

Posting this here for folks looking for our TBM paper from a couple of years ago on how #ClimateChange exacerbates #HealthInequities rooted in #StructuralRacism & the role of #BehavioralMedicine in addressing them. 🙏🏻🌍💚

👀 Open access link here ➡️ academic.oup.com/tbm/article/...

The Role of Behavioral Medicine in Addressing Climate Change-Related Health Inequities

This paper calls upon behavioral medicine to address factors that contribute to structural racism and other underlying causes of climate-related health ine

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Kristi E. White, Ph.D., ABPP (she/her) @kristiwhitephd.bsky.social · Dec 9

🚨New pub alert!🚨 So wonderful to have the chance to spotlight the work of #EnvironmentalJustice champions out there. TY @sbm.org & @rogerfigphd.bsky.social for the nomination & to @drnogueira.bsky.social & Adewale Oyeyemi for being amazing co-lead authors. 💚🌎

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Promoting Equitable Human and Planetary Health Co-Benefits: An Opportunity for U.S. Leadership - Kristi E. White, Leticia M. Nogueira, Adewale L. Oyeyemi, 2024

Climate change is a public health emergency, and many communities have called on policymakers to address its far-reaching consequences on human and planetary he...

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Kristi E. White, Ph.D., ABPP (she/her) @kristiwhitephd.bsky.social · Dec 3

Yessss!!!

Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · Dec 3

While I have your attention, I'm actually going to be talking about these issues--environmental (in)justice--tomorrow afternoon as part of a free webinar on conservation, access, and human well-being. You can register here if interested:

apa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · Dec 3

According to this new study, our paper is among the 1% of environmental psychology papers that engaged with the role of racism in the 55-year history of two of the large journals. Those journals published 4,500 papers in that time; only 45 mentioned racism. 1/n.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Does environmental psychology afford an “effective context” for the study of structural racism?

Recent manifestations of racial violence have renewed conversations about structural racism. An important question for psychologists concerns how they…

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Yvette Szabo, PhD @yvetteszabophd.bsky.social · Mar 15

#APS2024UK attendees starting to think of your schedule - please join us for a panel on putting equity and antiracism into practice on Thursday, March 21st from 11:30-12:30. I'm moderating! (1/2)

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Yvette Szabo, PhD @yvetteszabophd.bsky.social · Mar 15

Organized by the AntiRacism Task Force, we are excited to bring together scholars across academic and healthcare settings to discuss centering antiracism and health equity in their work (2/2) @drmikestanton.bsky.social @kristiwhitephd.bsky.social

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Yvette Szabo, PhD @yvetteszabophd.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hi American Psychosomatic Society Members, the Antiracism Task Force is recruiting a new member. Come join a collaborative group that is leading change to support our goal of becoming an antiracist society! (1/2)

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