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Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · 6d

Our national Health Care Culinary Contest begins today! 🎉

Health care culinary professionals across the country are taking their menus to new levels in creativity and flavor, all powered by plants.🌿

Submit your plant-forward recipe by Nov. 30 ➡️ noharm.org/culinarycontest

Text saying "Is 2025 your year?" along with photos of 36+ chefs who were previous participants in the Health Care Culinary Contest. "Submit by Nov. 30" is written on the bottom of the image.

Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · 7d

Want to lead on climate & health?
🌱 Find out about the fellowship: us.noharm.org/initiatives/...

🤝 Join the Climate-Smart Collective: us.noharm.org/initiatives/...

#SustainableHealthcare #ClimateLeadership #PublicHealth

Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · 7d

Clinicians who understand climate impacts can:
✅ factor environment into diagnoses
✅ give actionable advice (AQI, KN95s, heat safety)
✅ advocate for protective policies
✅ push for sustainable health care

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Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · 7d

99% of people breathe air below @who.int standards. The #ClimateCrisis is already in our hospitals & clinics:
😮‍💨 more meds for asthma patients
🥵 outdoor workers w/ heat exhaustion
🏭 communities near highways w/ higher health burdens

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Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · 7d

🌍 Former HCWH & @cumedicalschool.bsky.social fellow @khedrao.bsky.social highlights how understanding #ClimateChange helps clinicians better care for patients. Powerful read via @healio: www.healio.com/news/allergy...

Environmental awareness can improve health care

CHICAGO — Patient outcomes will improve as awareness of environmental impacts on health grows, Sheetal Khedkar Rao, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine, University of Illinois Chicago D...

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Practice Greenhealth @practicegreenhealth.org · 8d

Not sure what to submit for #CleanMed2026? We want your stories on:
🏥 Building together
📊 Cutting emissions
📦 Supply chain
🌍 Resilient systems
👩‍⚕️ Climate leadership
🌱 Sustainable solutions for health & community

📢 Submit: cleanmed.org/call-for-pro...

#ClimateHealth #SustainableHealthcare

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Nicole Ortiz @nicoleortiz.bsky.social · 12d

Nonprofits Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth recently released their annual trend report on sustainability initiatives. What the report found was, despite changes on a federal level, hospital leaders are still committed to these initiatives.
www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2025...

Trend report suggests sustainability is still important to hospital leaders

Despite changes in the federal government, some health systems are committing to sustainability initiatives and reaping cost-savings.

www.healthcare-brew.com

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HCWH Global @global.noharm.org · 12d

Josh Karliner and Emily Bancroft joined leaders at #ClimateWeekNYC for “Race to Zero: Unstoppable Momentum: Non-State Actors Powering the Clean Energy Shift”.
During the session, Karliner highlighted that momentum continues to grow within the health sector

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Health Care Without Harm @noharm.org · 13d

Emmie Mediate shared 1 bag filled with the plastic waste from an 8-min. dr. visit. Every patient creates ~7 bags per day.

At #ClimateWeekNYC, @americanredcross.bsky.social & HCWH's Climate Council brought health leaders together to discuss new strategies to cut single-use plastics in care.

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HCWH Global @global.noharm.org · 16d

Climate change is the health crisis of our time yet healthcare drives nearly 5% of global emissions. Emily Bancroft’s leadership, @noharm.org is transforming the sector: cutting waste, reducing emissions & centering equity.

As Climate Week is proving, systemic solutions can’t wait.

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Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · 19d

That's why prevention matters. 29 cities across 19 countries are already taking action w/low-cost interventions that strengthen health before illness strikes.
🏥 Health care systems are at the breaking point
🌡️ Urban heat mortality projected to rise 45% by 2030
💡 But cities can lead the change we need

Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · 19d

The report suggests local, low-cost, simple solutions had massive impacts:
🌳 Urban greening & cool roofs
💧 Water infrastructure upgrades
🏃‍♀️ Healthy lifestyle urban design
⚠️ Early warning systems

#ClimateHealth #HealthcareResilience #PreventionFirst

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Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · 19d

🌍 NEW REPORT: Cities can save 725,000 lives annually while cutting healthcare costs by $70 billion through #ClimateAction.
As our Chief Program Officer, Emmie Mediate, says: "The reality is that everywhere is now vulnerable" to climate impacts.
www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/re...

City-led climate actions can cut $70B in health costs and save lives: report

A global coalition of cities, healthcare companies and researchers released a report showing how climate action can save 725,000 lives a year and cut healthcare costs by $70 billion. | A global coalit...

www.fiercehealthcare.com

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HCWH Global @global.noharm.org · 21d

🌍Today is Emily Bancroft’s 1st day as CEO of @noharm.org!

HCWH is already mobilizing health systems worldwide through @practicegreenhealth.org & @greenhospitals.org proving health care can reduce emissions, cut waste & center equity.

Emily’s vision is about healing people & the planet.💚

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The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health @docsforclimate.bsky.social · 27d

"The EPA must stand with doctors, nurses, hospitals, and our kids: Stop this dangerous proposed rule and return to the critical work of regulating greenhouse gas emissions for the health of our nation." @dralicechen.bsky.social @us.noharm.org

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Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · 25d

⚠️ The Endangerment Finding is a cornerstone of public health protection, grounded in science.

Rolling it back endangers communities already burdened by pollution & inequities.

✅ Now is the time to protect the people & places we care about.

us.noharm.org/news/health-...

Health Care Without Harm opposes rollback of EPA climate protections

Health Care Without Harm's statement opposing efforts to weaken/eliminate EPA’s science-based climate protections–citing direct health impacts observed by U.S. medical professionals.

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Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · 25d

Doctors & nurses are treating climate-driven illness daily: 😮‍💨 Respiratory crises from air pollution 🥵 Heat-related illness, now all too common Their call: EPA must strengthen—not weaken—climate protections when communities need them most.

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Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · 25d

🤝 Our partners joined Dr. Chen:
• @lisapatel.bsky.social, @docsforclimate.bsky.social
• Cara Cook, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

Together, health leaders delivered a clear message: climate change is already a health crisis.

#PublicHealth #ClimateAction

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Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · 25d

🌎 This week, HCWH Board Chair @dralicechen.bsky.social joined @repraulruizmd.bsky.social & @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social —both physicians—at the Capitol to oppose EPA’s proposal to repeal the Endangerment Finding.

🩺 Health leaders: GHGs are harming patients now.

#ClimateHealth #EPA

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Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · 25d

🤝 Our partners joined Dr. Chen:
• @lisapatel.bsky.social, @docsforclimate.bsky.social
• Cara Cook, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

Together, health leaders delivered a clear message: climate change is already a health crisis.

#PublicHealth #ClimateAction

Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · 25d

🤝 Our partners joined Dr. Chen:
• @lisapatel.bsky.social, @docsforclimate.bsky.social
• Cara Cook, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

Together, health leaders delivered a clear message: climate change is already a health crisis.

#PublicHealth #ClimateAction

Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · 29d

Dr. Schear reminds us the #ClimateCrisis isn’t just environmental—it’s a health issue. Science & public health don’t change with politics. Kids in Utah need #CleanAir now more than ever.

👏 Proud to spotlight her leadership + our partners @cuclimatehealth.bsky.social

#ClimateHealth #PublicHealth

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Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · 29d

✨ Clean air is a child health issue

In a new @deseret.com.web.brid.gy op-ed, Dr. Sarah Schear 🩺, pediatrician & Climate & Health Fellow at Health Care Without Harm, makes it clear: protecting the EPA’s Endangerment Finding is about protecting kids’ health

📖 Read: bit.ly/4hJ2A7y

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Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · 29d

⛈️ When the power goes out, hospitals must stay on.
Essential hospitals serve 9.3M uninsured Americans and employ 850K+ people. 3 hospitals built sustainable funding models to keep their communities served. Every 💵 saved on energy 💡 = a 💵 for healing.

Full story → us.noharm.org/news/hospita...

Hospitals power through federal changes with cost-saving energy projects | Health Care Without Harm - US & Canada

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Health Care Without Harm U.S. & Canada @us.noharm.org · Sep 4

When federal funding shrinks, innovation grows.

3 hospitals prove energy efficiency isn't just good for the planet – it's essential for keeping doors open and serving communities.

Their blueprint is an inspiration for healthcare facilities everywhere.

Full story → us.noharm.org/news/hospita...

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