The importance of protecting our climate progress

Written by Taylor Hale, Campaign Organizer with Environment Missouri for the Defending Climate Progress Campaign Climate change is the biggest issue of our time. 2016 was the hottest year on record and the third consecutive year to set a new temperature high. In the Unites States, the burning of fossil fuels – oil, coal, and […]

Climate change and public health

Written by April Houston, MSW/MPH, graduate student at Washington University in St. Louis Climate change is making headlines again after a winter where 145 million Americans experienced record warm temperatures and residents of traditionally chilly cities like Chicago and Washington, DC received far less snowfall than is typical for the months of January and February. […]