Health Organizations Release Statements on US Withdrawal from Paris Agreement
Health Organization Statements on US Withdrawal from Paris Agreement
STATEMENTS
- Alliance of Nurses for a Healthy Environment (ANHE): http://envirn.org/statement-on-trump-administration-withdrawal-from-the-paris-climate-agreement/
- American College of Physicians (ACP): https://www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom/acp-decries-withdrawal-from-climate-agreement
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/Pages/AAP-Statement-on-Withdrawal-from-Paris-Climate-Agreement.aspx
- American Lung Association (ALA): http://www.lung.org/about-us/media/press-releases/american-lung-association-responds-to-announcement-paris-climate-agreement-1.html
- American Public Health Association (APHA):https://www.apha.org/news-and-media/news-releases/apha-news-releases/2017/withdrawing-from-climate-agreement-a-disaster
- American Thoracic Society (ATS):http://newswise.com/articles/american-thoracic-society-dismayed-by-president-s-decision-on-paris-agreement
- Health Care Without Harm (HCWH):https://noharm-uscanada.org/articles/news/us-canada/trump-withdraws-health-care-must-now-lead
- Medical Consortium on Climate and Health: https://medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org/latest-news/statement-on-president-trumps-decision-to-withdraw-from-the-paris-agreement/
- National Medical Association (NMA): http://www.nmanet.org/news/348160/National-Medical-Association-Condemns-US-Pullout-of-Paris-Climate-Agreement.html
- Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR):http://www.psr.org/news-events/press-releases/us-withdrawal-from-paris-endangers-health.html
- Public Health Institute (PHI): http://www.phi.org/news-events/1258/a-perilous-course-public-health-institute-statement-on-us-withdrawal-from-paris-accord
MEDIA COVERAGE
- Health experts are furious with Trump for pulling out of the Paris climate agreement– LA Times
- Mentions APHA, AAP, ALA, PHI
- Trump Climate Decision Endangers Human Health, Doctors Say – NBC news syndicated
- Mentions ACP, ALA, and the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health
- Pittsburgh mayor hits back after Trump invokes city in climate speech – CNN International
- Mentions ALA’s State of the Air report: “The Pittsburgh area has a noted air pollution issue. The American Lung Association gave Allegheny a failing grade in its most recent “State of the Air” …”
- Politico Pulse, presented by PhRMA
- Mentions AAP: Worsening air quality presents a daily threat, especially for young children whose respiratory systems are still developing, according to Fernando Stein of the American Academy of Pediatrics. “For children who suffer from asthma, poor air quality can turn outdoor activity into a real risk to their health,” Stein said in a statement.
- What Quitting the Paris Climate Accord Will Do to the U.S., and the Planet– New York Magazine
- Mentions ALA
- Could Withdrawing From The Paris Agreement Affect Kids’ Health? Experts Are Appalled – Romper
- Mentions ALA
- From 5/31: Trump nearing a decision on whether to pull U.S. from Paris climate deal breaking ranks with more than 190 countries– Washington Post
- Mentions ALA