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FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 1d

Fossil fueled climate change exacerbates asthma in Detroit
@nam.edu
@us.noharm.org
@psr.org
@michiganstateu.bsky.social
@who.int
@stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social
@hrw.org
and around the world.

#HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels. insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...

Detroit Is the Nation’s Most Challenging City for People with Asthma, a New Report Suggests - Inside Climate News

Already plagued by industrial pollution and health care access issues, experts say climate change is making things even more difficult for people with asthma in Detroit.

insideclimatenews.org

FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 2d

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Actors Launch Retire Big Oil Campaign, Urging SAG-Producers Pension Plan to Stop Investing Over $100M in Fossil Fuel Companies - Stand.earth

Jane Fonda, Rosario Dawson, Mark Ruffalo, 200+ actors join fellow union members calling for retirement protection, climate action

stand.earth

FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 2d

Actors are stepping up on climate action. Thank you #RainnWilson.

And BRAVO to the +200 actors
also calling on their investment managers to stop investing in fossil fuels.

See🧵#RetireBigOil
@climateretirement.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/c...

Actor Rainn Wilson on How to Connect Climate Change and Spirituality

www.nytimes.com

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FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 3d

The health impacts of the fossil fuel industry have disproportionately impacted *generations* of Louisiana communities.
#EndFossilFinance

@stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social
@youthclimatej.bsky.social
@hrw.org

#HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels

www.hrw.org/report/2024/...

“We’re Dying Here”

The 98-page report, “‘We’re Dying Here’: The Fight for Life in a Louisiana Fossil Fuel Sacrifice Zone,” documents how residents of Cancer Alley suffer the effects of extreme pollution from the fossil ...

www.hrw.org

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FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 3d

Censorship. Public health suffers. Big Oil profits.

FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 3d

ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023ERSS...

Fossil fuel racism in the United States: How phasing out coal, oil, and gas can protect communities

Fossil fuels - coal, oil, and gas - lie at the heart of the interconnected crises we face, including climate change, racial injustice, and public health. Each stage of the fossil fuel life cycle - ext...

ui.adsabs.harvard.edu

FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 3d

www.greenpeace.org/usa/new-stud...

New Study: Fossil Fuels Disproportionately Impact Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Poor Communities Throughout The Supply Chain - Greenpeace - Greenpeace

Carbon Offsets, Cap-and-trade, CCS and Other “Carbon Centric” Policies Fail to Mitigate Air and Water Pollution The study concludes that policies solely focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions wi...

www.greenpeace.org

FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 4d

Why -of all sectors- its time #HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels.

Firstdonoharm.earth

First Do No Harm - Health professionals for fossil fuel divestment

Healthcare professionals are on the front lines of the health impacts of climate change driven by fossil fuels - it’s time #HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels.

Firstdonoharm.earth

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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 4d

A new interactive map from ClimateTrace shows how air pollution from fossil fuels is threatening over 1.6 billion people around the world.

Want to see the air pollution where you live? Check the map here:

Fossil fuel burning poses threat to health of 1.6bn people, data shows

New interactive map tracking PM2.5 air pollution reveals 900m people in path of ‘super-emitting’ industrial facilities

www.theguardian.com

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FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 7d

📣 Prenatal exposure to extreme heat and PM2 is linked to brain development disorders.

The research linking fossil fuels to serious health harms is voliminous.

It's 2025: #HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels already.
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@momscleanairforce.org
@childneurosoc.bsky.social
@nam.edu

Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 12d

New research suggests that exposure to high heat and air pollution in the womb is altering brain development, affecting mental health and behavior years down the road.

Urban Heat and Air Pollution May Harm Developing Brains in the Womb, Study Suggests - Inside Climate News

Focusing on minority populations, the study’s findings show how low-income communities in New York City can bear generational consequences from climate change.

insideclimatenews.org

FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 7d

Health workers and health students:

Add your powerful voice:

It's time #HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels. Link in our bio!
@ifmsa.bsky.social
@psr.org
@docsenvaus.bsky.social
@climateretirement.bsky.social
@whoafro.bsky.social
@msf.ca
@rnao.ca
@irishdocsenv.bsky.social
@envirn.bsky.social

FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 8d

"Climate change is coming for hospitals" -Yale

Yet private-owned US hospital systems continue to invest $billions in fossil fuels.

It's a global #ClimateHealth crime, w profoundly harmful impacts on global health & #HealthJustice
@drilledmedia.bsky.social
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/07/clim...

Climate change is coming for hospitals » Yale Climate Connections

Thousands of hospitals are at risk of shutting down due to an extreme weather event. Experts say it’s time to adapt.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 9d

After growing frustration with increasingly unaffordable electricity prices, Pakistan is powering forward on solar – turning the country into one of the world’s largest new adopters of solar energy.

Pakistan is tapping into solar power at an 'unprecedented' rate. Here's why

Solar experts say there's never been a faster adoption of solar, with panels popping up on rooftops.

www.npr.org

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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 9d

A new study from @cape-acme.bsky.social finds that the amount of methane gas burned during the start-up of an LNG export terminal is nearly THREE TIMES higher than during regular operations, threatening the health of neighboring communities.😷

Start-up emissions at B.C. LNG plants systematically underestimated, finds study

Researchers say B.C. regulators have underestimated pollution by ignoring LNG terminal start-up emissions.

www.biv.com

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FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 9d

DRC🇨🇩:

Health centers report doubled respiratory cases, ground water contamination since European oil major Perenco began operations.

Big Oil causes big health problems. #JusticeForMoanda
#HealthJustice

#HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels, already
@gchalliance.bsky.social
@drilledmedia.bsky.social

FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 11d

Just a quick shout out to a real "Babe": rock-star humanitarian #JamesCromwell.

Thanks @mercyforanimals.org

#ClimateJustice is #Justice.

Mercy For Animals @mercyforanimals.org · 11d

From starring in Babe to supergluing himself to a Starbucks counter, James Cromwell has gone from beloved actor to full-blown animal rights legend. ✨

Here are 10 unforgettable moments where he stood up for animals and made a difference.
mercyforanimals.org/blog/10-reas...

FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 11d

Yes we can divest from fossil fuels and finance a #JustTransition

Bottom-line report👇🏾 from
@oilchange.bsky.social
oilchange.org/publications...

We Can Pay For It - Oil Change International

We Can Pay for It factsheet shows rich counties can unlock $6.6 trillion for climate action

oilchange.org

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FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 11d

...and our mainstrem, fossil-fuel connected "health organizations" say - literally - nothing.
@us.noharm.org
@nam.edu
We're trying to change that. It's time #HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels
@psr.org
@envirn.bsky.social
@ifmsa.bsky.social
@global.noharm.org
Firstdonoharm.earth

First Do No Harm - Health professionals for fossil fuel divestment

Healthcare professionals are on the front lines of the health impacts of climate change driven by fossil fuels - it’s time #HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels.

Firstdonoharm.earth

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FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 11d

China:

Two million people evacuated from fossil- fueled extreme storm.

Climate change impacts are here, now.

The stunning hypocrisy of US #Healthcare still investing $Billions in fossil fuels remains the most under-reported climate crime story.
@drilledmedia.bsky.social
youtu.be/miKTIZ1K4-w?...

China evacuates two million people as Super Typhoon Ragasa lashes Taiwan, Hong Kong

YouTube video by SBS News

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FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 11d

Climate, Pollution, and Children’s Health | New England Journal of Medicine

Must-see video👇🏾. Please share widely.

#HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels.

@ifmsa.bsky.social
@ameracadpeds.bsky.social
@pittpediatrics.bsky.social
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Climate, Pollution, and Children’s Health | NEJM

Focusing on the impact of air pollution and climate change on children’s health, this video discusses the important role physicians play in caring for their young patients.

www.nejm.org

FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 12d

Props to @yalee360.bsky.social for its research on health impacts of extreme heat, impacting millions of people in India (& elsewhere), exacerbated by fossil-fueled climate change.

It's time our

👉🏿health organizations👈🏾
end their
👉🏿health-betraying👈🏾

investments in fossil fuels.
Firstdonoharm.earth

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Witness Radio - Uganda @witnessradio.bsky.social · 12d

Uganda is on a mission to plant over 40 million trees by October 3, 2025, a crucial step in combating the alarming decline in its forest cover... #NationalTreePlantingDay
@yalee360.bsky.social @unep.org @ciel.org
Read more: witnessradio.org/uganda-is-on...

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FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 13d

The health impacts of the gargantuan, climate-wrecking oil & plastics industry have disproportionately impacted *generations* of Louisiana communities.

www.hrw.org/report/2024/...

“We’re Dying Here”

The 98-page report, “‘We’re Dying Here’: The Fight for Life in a Louisiana Fossil Fuel Sacrifice Zone,” documents how residents of Cancer Alley suffer the effects of extreme pollution from the fossil ...

www.hrw.org

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FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 13d

The health impacts of the gargantuan, climate-wrecking oil & plastics industry have disproportionately impacted *generations* of Louisiana communities.

www.hrw.org/report/2024/...

“We’re Dying Here”

The 98-page report, “‘We’re Dying Here’: The Fight for Life in a Louisiana Fossil Fuel Sacrifice Zone,” documents how residents of Cancer Alley suffer the effects of extreme pollution from the fossil ...

www.hrw.org

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FirstDoNoHarm2025 @firstdonoharm2025.bsky.social · 14d

Stunningly important report. Thank you @gchalliance.bsky.social.

Exactly why health professionals, across the world, are speaking up.

Of ALL sectors:
#HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels.

Learn more / add your voice

Firstdonoharm.earth

First Do No Harm - Health professionals for fossil fuel divestment

Healthcare professionals are on the front lines of the health impacts of climate change driven by fossil fuels - it’s time #HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels.

Firstdonoharm.earth

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