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Health professionals, public health advocates calling on the #HealthSector to stop investing in fossil fuels. Learn more, add your voice: firstdonoharm.earth

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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The farce of subsidizing fossil fuels -at taxpayer expense - in the #EraOfClimateChange. HISTORIC short-sighted folly, Canada under PM Carney version, below👇🏾 Climate fail, Mr Carney. @mark-carney.bsky.social @shiftaction.bsky.social @cmadocs.bsky.social @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The alternative to new gas capacity is already here" #EndFossilFinance #StopNewLNG
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It was Bulgaria’s battery boom that helped keep electricity flowing this summer when drought hit nuclear & hydropower. So why is the EU still backing expensive gas capacity, like Germany's gas-favouring capacity mechanism proposal? Clean flex over fossil fuels! www.euronews.com/2026/09/24/b...
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Bulgaria's battery boom pays off as drought hits power plants
Low administrative hurdles, a receptive market for clean energy and EU funding are among the reasons expert cite for the country's leading green energy role in the region. #EuropeNews
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#EndFossilFinance for health
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
5 years ago the President of the National Academy of Medicine @nam.edu co-authored this seminal "Call to Action"👇🏾in the New England Journal of Medicine: "Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector" So why is the US health sector still investing billions in fossil fuels?🧵 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector — A Call to Action | NEJM
Progress in four areas of the health sector is essential for decarbonizing and responding to climate change: the supply chain, care delivery, professional education, and policy, financing, and metr...
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cancer, climate change, fossil fuels,and war - The Lancet #ClimateAction for #HealthJustice #EndFossilFinance #HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels @gchalliance.bsky.social @global.noharm.org www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Cancer, climate change, fossil fuels, and war: a call for action
Since 2020, there has been a marked uptick in articles focused on links between cancer and climate change.1 As documented by a 2025 bibliometric analysis,1 major foci include: “climate change and canc...
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
To our #HealthWorkers: While everyone else hunkers down for #GodzillaElNino across the US northeast today YOU💪🏾report for work Thank you #FrontlineClimateHealth heroes everywhere. @nynurses.bsky.social @nationalnurses.bsky.social @maineaflcio.bsky.social @seiu.org @irishdocsenv.bsky.social
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Health leaders at #ClimateWeek: Remember Dr Dzau's Call to Action to "Decarbonize the Health Sector"(below)? @nam.edu @nycejalliance.bsky.social @who.int @noharm.org @envirn.bsky.social We do. "Decarbonizing" is incompatible with fossil fuel investments. #HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels.
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Climate change & extreme weather is profoundly detrimental to global public health. Fossil fuel companies 👉🏾cause it👈🏾. #ClimateWeek End investments in fossil fuel companies. @tiaadivest.bsky.social @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social share.google/8gjpWNLqTWts...
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Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature
Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fossil fuel profit taxation needs to be on #Ecofin's agenda this month. Our tax system should signal that fossil fuels aren’t a part of Europe’s future. 🇩🇪, 🇦🇹, 🇮🇹, 🇵🇱, & 🇵🇹 have already asked, and 🇪🇸 is now doubling down & asking for a dedicated EU climate adaptation fund. caneurope.org/publications...
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Actionable. #ClimateWeek Influential. #FossilFuelDivestment 1600+ institutions have done it. More is needed. @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social @climatesafepension.bsky.social The 💪🏽how its done, here👇🏾 Global Fossil Fuel Divestment Commitments Database share.google/pijxAwPeM1gY...
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Global Fossil Fuel Divestment Commitments Database
The database of fossil fuel divestment commitments made by institutions worldwide
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
5 years ago the President of the National Academy of Medicine @nam.edu co-authored this seminal "Call to Action"👇🏾in the New England Journal of Medicine: "Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector" So why is the US health sector still investing billions in fossil fuels?🧵 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector — A Call to Action | NEJM
Progress in four areas of the health sector is essential for decarbonizing and responding to climate change: the supply chain, care delivery, professional education, and policy, financing, and metr...
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Health leaders: End the $Billions in #HealthWrecking fossil fuel investments made by your institutions. Its on your watch: @nam.edu @noharm.org #HealthcareDivestfrom fossil fuels. 1600+ institutions have done it. Why is the US #HealthSector the singular outlier? share.google/u4MfnWLt4mZ3...
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Global Fossil Fuel Divestment Commitments Database
The database of fossil fuel divestment commitments made by institutions worldwide
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Health professionals concerned about the devastating health impacts of climate change: You can take substantive action: urge your own institutions to stop investing in fossil fuels. Talk to your benefits administrator. Your colleagues. Its your money. #HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fossil fuel treaty. www.threads.com/share/_mhuW3...
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Stand.earth (@stand.earth) on Threads
The cost of doing nothing is much higher than the cost of taking climate action. Never forget: BigOil knew burning fossil fuels would lead to widespread devastation. We need a #FossilFuelTreatyNow. ...
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Health professionals: 📣 talk to your hospitals' administration. Tell them: dont invest your hospital's funds in #ClimateChaos. #HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels. Its your money. @seattlenurses.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social @nationalnurses.bsky.social @seiu.org @healthcarevoices.org
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
While the rest of the world suffers devestating health impacts of climate change, US health executives still invest $BILLIONS In fossil fuels. Loudly: 📣 "Its time the health sector stop bankrolling the fossil fuel industry" See: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE👇🏾 catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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It’s Time for the Health Sector to Stop Bankrolling the Fossil Fuel Industry
Climate change is one of the greatest health threats of this century. Despite scientific consensus that we must end our use of fossil fuels to reach internationally accepted climate goals, governme...
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Global North is far more responsible for the #ClimateCrisis than the Global South, yet populations across the Global South suffer far more disproportionate harms. #EndFossilFinance #ClimateAction is #Justice @cjaourpower.bsky.social @ceja.org Great post👇🏾 www.threads.com/share/_jy5oZ...
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Stand.earth (@stand.earth) on Threads
The Global North is disproportionately responsible for the climate crisis. Our pollution from burning fossil fuels is supercharging global climate disasters, making them more intense and more freque...
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Permafrost is thawing, glaciers are retreating and landscapes that have remained frozen for centuries are entering a new state” -scientist at the Potsdam Institute on Nepal. These are the returns of your fossil fuel investments, TIAA. @tiaadivest.bsky.social app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/a3ac44...
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”The mountain systems are entering a new state”
When mud-coloured floodwaters came crashing through villages and infrastructure in Nepal and Tibet, glaciologist Donovan Dennis was in the Austrian Alps, at a workshop devoted to modelling the future of the world’s mountain glaciers. The timing was chill
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The role of oil and gas wells in the spead of infectious diseases, ct'd. Report: Coccidioidomycosis emerging in California near new oil & gas wells. #HealthFirst #EndFossilFinance @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Oil and gas well development and coccidioidomycosis risk in Kern County, CA, USA: a case-crossover study
These findings support a previously-unrecognised association between the development of oil and gas wells and transmission of coccidioidomycosis, potentially driven by dust generation. Given the preva...
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
While societies around the 🌏 spend $Billions on climate change aid, US healthcare executives do the opposite- and invest billions IN fossil fuels. Making climate problems worse. Its time to change that. #HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels. @noharm.org Shame on them👇🏾 www.desmog.com/2023/04/26/h...
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Hospitals Are Investing Billions of Dollars in Fossil Fuels, Report Reveals
Major hospital systems and medical institutions in the United States are betraying their oath to “first do no harm” through their investments in the fossil fuel sector, warns a new report from a campa...
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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Let’s fuel health not harm #BanFossilAds
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Florida: Yet another example of the grossly disproportionate impacts of climate change on low-income communities: Air conditioning DISCONNECTED in farmworker communities -during record heatwaves. #ClimateAction is #ClimateJustice @cjaourpower.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0309202...
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In South Florida, a Crackdown on Overdue Electricity Bills Coincides With Peak Summer Heat, ICE Enforcement - Inside Climate News
Household electricity bill debt has piled up after years of energy inflation and COVID-era policies that held off disconnections.
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
While societies around the 🌏 spend $Billions on climate change aid, US healthcare executives do the opposite- and invest billions IN fossil fuels. Making climate problems worse. Its time to change that. #HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels. @noharm.org Shame on them👇🏾 www.desmog.com/2023/04/26/h...
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Hospitals Are Investing Billions of Dollars in Fossil Fuels, Report Reveals
Major hospital systems and medical institutions in the United States are betraying their oath to “first do no harm” through their investments in the fossil fuel sector, warns a new report from a campa...
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Its the foundation of healthcare. "DO NO HARM" 📣 Fossil fuels cause staggering health harms. 📣 Its time the #HealthSector stop investing in them. @noharm.org @global.noharm.org @gchalliance.bsky.social @who.int @nam.edu @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social share.google/Da8c3uU61j9o...
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The current US administration claims there is no human footprint (ie, fossil fuels) on climate change. These atmospheric scientists 👇🏾 deserve a medal for detailing just how absurd this claim is. @coveringclimatenow.org @insideclimatenews.org agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Misrepresentation of Human Climate Fingerprint in DOE Report
A July 2025 DOE report claimed that there is no human fingerprint on the vertical structure of atmospheric temperature change This claim was based on a comparison of modeled and observed temperat...
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Great micro-example👇🏾 of the failure of CCS - from the worlds' largest CCS facility. "Capturing" already-burned fossil fuels isn't the answer. Stop burning fossil fuels to begin with - is. @docsenvaus.bsky.social @stopfossilsubs.bsky.social @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social @global.noharm.org
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Extreme heat increases violence against women. Investing in fossil fuels increases exterme heat. Don't invest in fossil fuels. @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social @tiaadivest.bsky.social @envirn.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social healthpolicy-watch.news/as-heat-incr...
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As Heat Increases Women’s Vulnerability To Violence, Researchers Seek More Sensitive Policies - Health Policy Watch
CHENNAI, India – Women in drought-prone areas are at a higher risk of intimate partner violence during the hot summer months, but heat action plans being
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Yes💪🏾Monitoring old growth logging. #Accountability Thank you @stand.earth Share widely. #ClimateLeadership @foeus.bsky.social @foeint.bsky.social stand.earth/forest-eye/
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📣The role of climate change in today's Nepal floods - NPR 📣The role of FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES in climate change - study after study🧵 @ceja.org www.npr.org/2026/08/27/n...
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The role of climate change in the Nepal floods
The deadly flash floods in Nepal are not a surprise to many scientists. Glacial melt is accelerating because of climate change, putting millions of people at risk.
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"As one of the world’s most heat‑vulnerable nations, the fact that our children are paying the price for a crisis they did nothing to create should anger us deeply" Investing in fossil fuels adds to gross human inustices; the Global South suffers disproportionately. @who.int x.com/Climate_Alli...
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CliMate Change Communications (CCC)🌱 (@Climate_Allies) on X
Extreme heat is climate injustice https://t.co/K9B561OLEY
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Air Pollution from Oil and Gas Production Contributes to Thousands of Early Deaths, Childhood Asthma Cases Nationwide (USA alone). Tell your benefits office you DONT want your money invested in oil & gas. @nynurses.bsky.social @psr.org @seiu.org @tiaadivest.bsky.social share.google/pF6B9mvAZTko...
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Air Pollution from Oil and Gas Production Contributes to Thousands of Early Deaths, Childhood Asthma Cases Nationwide
These health impacts affected communities in states with high oil and gas production, as well as states with limited or no gas activity, underlining the need for comprehensive regulatory action to pro...
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Physicians for a National Health Program - NY Metro Chapter @pnhpnymetro.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
APPLICATIONS DUE IN 2 WEEKS for the Universal Healthcare Legislative Advocacy Fellowship! A 7-month cohort (Oct 2026-Apr 2027) designed for med students, health workers & social justice advocates. Details & application (due by Thurs 9/10): bit.ly/UHLAF2026
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In 2023 these OB/GYN doctors👇🏾urged the US National Academy of Medicine to call for #FossilFuelDivestment in the health sector to protect global women's health. They're 💯 right #ClimateAction is #HealthAction @womeningh.bsky.social @nam.edu @psr.org @rnao.ca climatesafepensions.org/nam-annual-m...
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For Women's Health: It's Time for the National Academy of Medicine to Call For Fossil Fuel Divestment in the US Health Sector - Climate Safe Pensions
As lifelong medical professionals specializing in women’s health, we call upon the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) to lead the US health sector on climate and health justice, and  divest its financ...
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Not wrong. #EndFossilFinance
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Health professionals concerned about climate change: You can take action by urging your own institutions to stop investing in fossil fuels. Talk to your benefits administrator. Talk to your colleagues. Its your money💪🏾. #HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels @seiu.org @nationalnurses.bsky.social
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In honor of the death of eternal legend Dolly Parton, here’s her 2023 #ClimateChange anthem “World on Fire.” “Liar, liar, the world’s on fire / What’cha gonna do when it all burns down … Still got time to turn it all around.” 😭💚🙏 m.youtube.com/watch?v=0QJX...
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Dolly Parton - World On Fire (From The 58th ACM Awards)
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
CALIFORNIA FRIENDS- PLEASE SIGN. Oil refineries leave behind a devil's brew of toxins including carcinogens like benzene and volatile organic compounds. Big Oil, detox yourself!
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Your retirement savings deserve to be financially safe from climate risk. See how to make yours fossil-free: check out the Climate Safe Pensions Network @climatesafepension.bsky.social Homepage - Climate Safe Pensions share.google/gT9B3lP4Rc2T...
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The doctors in Ireland👇🏾 got it right. #ClimateAction is #HealthAction #EndFossilFinance Thank you @irishdocsenv.bsky.social
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Healthcare Professionals PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Dr. Kelsey's story is a reminder of what health professionals can do when they stand their ground. #HealthLeadership doesn't come from 10th floor VIP suites. It comes from inside the ERs, nurse stations & surgical suites. @envirn.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2025/10/fran...
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Her refusal to approve a dangerous drug changed medical history
As federal workers face mass layoffs and a government shutdown, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey's story is a reminder of what public servants can do when they stand their ground.
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Asset managers: Investing in fossil fuels? The returns include black lung. @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social @noharm.org @tiaadivest.bsky.social @climatedefenders.bsky.social @who.int @gchalliance.bsky.social @shiftaction.bsky.social @coalfreecushiftaction.bsky.social undark.org/2026/05/06/b...
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In Coal Country, Black Lung Surges as Federal Protections Stall
As cases mount, industry pushback is delaying federal rules that would reduce miners’ exposure to deadly silica dust.
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Medical Advice
How to survive the global heatwave 
Stay hydrated 
Treat yourself to an ice cream 
Dismantle the fossil fuel industry which is literally burning the planet for the short term profit of a vanishingly small capitalist class
Loose fitting clothing
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Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health @shiftaction.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
New report from Shift: Indigenous Rights and Canadian Pension Funds. www.shiftaction.ca/indigenousri... ➡️
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Bombshell new report: The Lancet @thelancetph.bsky.social: Extreme heat beyond human tolerance to impact millions more than expected, most severely in the Global South. #Climate is #Health #HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels @nam.edu @noharm.org @who.int Must read www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Exceeding human heat tolerance in a warming, ageing world: a global projection modelling study
Our results suggest accounting for age stratified vulnerability, intolerable heat will be experienced at much larger scales and for longer durations, affecting far more people than previously estimate...
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
In 2023 two OB/GYN MDs from renowned medical institutions wrote this OpEd👇🏾calling on US National Academy of Medicine to advocate fossil fuel divestment to protect global women's health. Their message is even more timely today. Appeal to @nam.edu simply to speak out. share.google/43KrkDw5v15N...
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For Women's Health: It's Time for the National Academy of Medicine to Call For Fossil Fuel Divestment in the US Health Sector - Climate Safe Pensions
As lifelong medical professionals specializing in women’s health, we call upon the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) to lead the US health sector on climate and health justice, and  divest its financ...
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Extreme Heat Increases Women’s Vulnerability to Violence #EndFossilFinance @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social healthpolicy-watch.news/as-reat-incr...
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As Heat Increases Women’s Vulnerability To Violence, Researchers Seek More Sensitive Policies - Health Policy Watch
CHENNAI, India – Women in drought-prone areas are at a higher risk of intimate partner violence during the hot summer months, but heat action plans being
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Fossil fuel divestment. Protects public health. Fiscally responsible. Fights climate change. Actionable. +1600 organizations have done it. See who, below. Add YOUR organization to the list. Global Fossil Fuel Divestment Commitments Database share.google/WKbe2qOzYFIw...
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The database of fossil fuel divestment commitments made by institutions worldwide
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FirstDoNoHarm2026 @firstdonoharm2026.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Its the core principle of healthcare. "FIRST, DO NO HARM" Fossil fuels cause staggering harm to human health & healthcaredelivery. Yet US hospital sytems still invest $BILLIONS in them. The public deserves better from the US #HealthSector @global.noharm.org catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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It’s Time for the Health Sector to Stop Bankrolling the Fossil Fuel Industry
Climate change is one of the greatest health threats of this century. Despite scientific consensus that we must end our use of fossil fuels to reach internationally accepted climate goals, governme...
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