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Jen Wang
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Climate and health advocate, ED @cchyale. Local elected working for a healthy, sustainable, inclusive community. Mom, musician, just muddling along.
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Join us Sept. 10 at the 2025 Connecticut Symposium on Climate Change and Health to learn about how climate change affects our health in CT, and how we can work together for a healthy, climate-resilient future.

Register to attend in person in New Haven: bit.ly/2025ct or virtual: bit.ly/2025ctvirtual
August 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Research on what wildfire smoke does to a body is in its infancy, but clues from past events are haunting. Worst effects may take time to appear. The number of people exposed to smoke is rising fast. America isn't ready for this public health nightmare. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
America’s Coming Smoke Epidemic
The research on what smoke does to a body is just beginning.
www.theatlantic.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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1. This is a thread about why Food Waste is so often, and wrongly, identified as the major problem with the food system. Yes, it's an issue, but in the rich world, it's far smaller than many others. It’s massively over-emphasised, while other, far more important problems, are ignored and avoided. 🧵
April 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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This is still very clearly the climate story of the week, and possibly the year.
Xi Commits China to Tougher Climate Targets as US Retreats
China’s President Xi Jinping committed the world’s top polluter to more stringent curbs on greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade in global climate talks that took place without the US.
www.bloomberg.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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HHS Eliminations by Agency (Accessible Version)
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April 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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🚨 New in Nature Human Behavior! 🚨

Binary climate data visuals amplify perceived impact of climate change.

Both graphs in this image reflect equivalent climate change trends over time, yet people consistently perceive climate change as having a greater impact in the right plot than the left.

👇1/n
April 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Public engagement with health and climate change is on the rise around the world www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Thank you @gchalliance.bsky.social and your 210+ member organizations!
Public engagement with health and climate change around the world: a Google Trends analysis
Despite growing recognition of the importance of people engaging with the health dimensions of climate change, we know surprisingly little about the levels of public engagement around the world. We ad...
www.thelancet.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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In many ways it's fitting that the showdown between monarchy and democracy ends up being over NYC congestion pricing.

Cities are where the power of kings were first challenged, and few things are more fundamental to government than control of public space.

The cameras are staying on!
February 20, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Devastating.
SCOOP: On his second day as HHS secretary, RFK Jr., the onetime environmentalist, killed climate change programs at NIH that research and prepare for the health effects of extreme weather and a warming planet. This is not going to make Americans healthy.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr., one-time environmentalist, kills NIH climate change programs
He pulled HHS support from projects that aim to protect Americans' health.
www.motherjones.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Guess what - our Science Moms climate ad made this top ten best (upcoming) Super Bowl ads list! The only nonprofit ad on the list!

Warning: do not watch without a tissue

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/a...
ByTheTime
YouTube video by Science Moms
youtu.be
February 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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The Yale Center on Climate Change and Health is now accepting applications for the thirteenth offering of its 21-week, fully online, Climate Change and Health Certificate Program for working professionals.

Visit the certificate website to learn more and apply today: ysph.yale.edu/cchcert/
February 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Worried about our nation’s descent into fascism? This one pot cacio e pepe will make you feel like you’re in 1920s Italy.
February 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
So you're an economic populist, but due to some marginal uptick in traffic at generally predictable hours on your local arterial roads, you're now a casual segregationist. Got it, thanks suburbia!
December 12, 2024 at 4:03 AM
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Check out the Starter Pack on #ClimateChange and Health!

It's amazing to see the rapid growth of #BlueSky and I'm looking forward to more researchers and colleagues joining!

go.bsky.app/9V6arxr
December 4, 2024 at 3:00 AM
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This thread is the best kind of internet. Go ahead - look through, and tell them your favorite food and they’ll answer you with video about how they grew it
Across the country, people are starting meal preparations and traveling to be with friends and family.

Tell us your favorite dish on the Thanksgiving table, and we’ll share our knowledge about the work behind the ingredients. #WeFeedYou
November 28, 2024 at 2:22 AM
So excited to have Prof. Cushing at Yale! Yes, you're welcome to join via Zoom!
Join YCCCH for our #ClimateChangeandHealth Seminar on December 9, 2024, at 12pm ET! Dr. Lara Cushing, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences from UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, will be our featured speaker.

Register here 👉 bit.ly/CushingSemin...
November 26, 2024 at 7:26 PM
In this house, we believe "doge" is pronounced to rhyme with "vogue."
November 22, 2024 at 5:40 PM