Beat the 10% Brain Tax- Indoor CO2 & You
As a lung doctor, I am very familiar with how humans breathe. We generate a significant amount of carbon dioxide in our bodies and need to exhale it. When we…
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March 2, 2026
Healthcare without Harm
Those of us who work in healthcare are often confronted with how climate change affects human health. It is also important for us to recognize that healthcare makes up 18%…
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January 28, 2026
Clean Air Gift Guide
Happy holidays! This post is being released shortly after Black Friday and Cyber Monday and the kickoff of the holiday shopping season. I’m sure, like many of you, the gift-giving…
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December 1, 2025
Pediatrician Parents on Raising Kids in a Changing Climate
All parents find themselves worrying about their children's present health and what the future holds. I am no different. There are many facts of climate change I have seen in…
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November 4, 2025
Hot Jobs- Heat & Work with Dr. Maeve McMurdo
One of my more striking memories as an ICU doctor was a heat dome that occurred early in June one year where temperatures soared to 116 in the Pacific Northwest,…
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May 5, 2025
Fungus, Fire, and Fixes- an ER doc on Emergency Management & Infectious Risk in Wildfires
It seems that once in a lifetime events are happening every decade or even more frequently these days as climate change continues to drive disasters in our world. We all…
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April 7, 2025
Breaking Free from Flavored Tobacco & Why it Matters
Gas station where I stopped with my kids- so much candy and fruit flavor... and are those candy cigs on counter? If you use healthcare or live on Planet Earth,…
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March 3, 2025
Bypass Toxic Politics- Dr Gerber on Local and State Action for Healthy Air and Communities
“70% of the people want 70% of the same thing,” according to my podcast guest for this month. Everyone, regardless of their politics, wants to breathe clean air and live…
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February 3, 2025
Faith in (Climate) Action
Solar Panel Installation Projectas part of Catholic Climate Covenant Happy Holidays! I spend the majority of this podcast sharing the science of what we know about climate change and air…
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December 2, 2024
Air Health Our Health Live! Climate Change & Your Career with Dr. Mary Rice
Slideshow intro for Air Health Our Health podcast recording- a different experience! I think most people in our communities care deeply about passing a healthy world on to our children.…
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November 4, 2024