News and Events

 Browse recent news and events from the GW Climate Health Institute.

 

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'America Is Failing to Protect Workers From Extreme Heat'

CHI member, Dr. David Michaels, published an op-ed in The Atlantic.

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'Smoke from Canadian wildfires shows outdoor workers need air quality protections'

CHI Director, Dr. Susan Anenberg, and CHI member, Dr. David Michaels, published an op-ed in STAT News.

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'A new satellite could help clean up the air in America's most polluted neighborhoods'

CHI Director, Dr. Susan Anenberg, was featured on an NPR segment about the advantages of the new TEMPO satellite for tracking air pollution data.

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'Wildfire smoke is deadly: Why isn’t it accounted for in our climate policy?'

CHI Director, Dr. Susan Anenberg, published an op-ed in The Hill.

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'Doctors Are Quietly Teaching Americans About Climate Change'

CHI Co-Director and Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Dr. Neelu Tummala, was quoted in a Heatmap piece.

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'Wildfires Will Only Get Worse. We Need Satellite Tracking of Air Pollution'

CHI Director, Dr. Susan Anenberg, and CHI member, Dr. Kate O'Dell, published an op-ed in Scientific American.

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CHI members provide expert opinion and guidance on wildfire smoke

Several CHI members, including CHI Director, Dr. Susan Anenberg, CHI member, Dr. Kate O'Dell, and CHI Co-Director, Dr. Neelu Tummala, were very active in the media during the consecutive days of poor...

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'Where was Climate Change at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health?'

CHI members Rachel Clark, Dr. Bill Dietz, and Sydney Pryor published a paper in the American Journal of Public Health.

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CHI partners at Redstone Center publish Parks Report

CHI partners at the Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness recently published the Neighborhood Park Service Report.

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'Adults are getting allergies for the first time. Thanks, climate change.'

CHI Co-Director and Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Dr. Neelu Tummala, was quoted in a NBC News piece on climate change and allergies.