First, Do No Harm
@Docs4Divestment
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Health professionals across the🌎 for fossil fuel divestment -a global health & justice imperative. Connect w us / add your voice: https://t.co/wRlM0nQ0l3
US based; global solidarity
Joined March 2022
@MigsRunner @MeganEvansMD @TuftsObGynRes @HCWithoutHarm @janevandis @DrAmy_Collins One couldn't imagine a doctor counseling a cancer patient while buying them cigarettes. Yet thats exactly whats happening w/ health orgs now calling 4 urgent emission reductions while ignoring $Billions invested into fossil fuels by health institutions.
climatesafepensions.org
Ahead of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)’s Steering Committee Meeting, First, Do No Harm campaign calls pension investments in fossil fuels a direct contradiction to the core responsibilities...
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Cambodia becomes the 18th nation to join the @fossiltreaty at #COP30 in Belém Their participation signals building momentum for the Fossil Fuel Treaty and charts a bold path into the second week of the COP and beyond, towards a fossil free future https://t.co/Vb7xxt8LAd
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#COP30 delegates! How can we meet Paris Agreement targets while approving new fossil fuel projects like #EACOP? It's time for a legally binding moratorium on new fossil fuels & prioritizing renewable energy. The climate crisis demands action, not business as usual! #COP30Brazil
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Ethiopia 🇧🇴 The national energy grid is nearly 100% fossil fuel-free. A just transition away from fossils isnt only possible - its already started. @can_africa
@CANIntl
@ClimateReality @cejapower
https://t.co/Z02tTpOm9M
energycapitalpower.com
Ethiopia’s renewable energy generation is strengthened by the 6,450 MW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the country and Africa’s largest hydropower project.
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California's own health giant Kaiser Permanente invests $billions in fossil fuels - adding to the problem. The US *health* sector betrays public *health* w its large fossil fuel investments - a most egregious climate hypocrisy. Trying to change that: https://t.co/Xl0ZhOBSXo
firstdonoharm.earth
Healthcare professionals are on the front lines of the health impacts of climate change driven by fossil fuels. it’s time #HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels.
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Los Angeles: The legacy of fossil fuel pollution: contaminated water, land and air. Its a fundamental health threat. #HealthcareDivest from fossil fuels @cejapower
@EYCEJ
@GrassrootsJN
@NationalNurses
@CAPublicHealth
@PSRSac
https://t.co/EkEaVpDofz
capitalandmain.com
Climate policies could lead to future refinery closures as Californians transition to electric vehicles.
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Uganda 🇿🇼 Hundreds of communities are paying the price of fossil fuel extraction abuses: forced evictions and displacements, flash floods, increasingly violent silencing of critics. @stopEACOP
@weact4ej
@terresanspetrol
@standearth
@hrw Read more: https://t.co/AYXF5ENAVg...
witnessradio.org
By Witness Radio and Südnordfunk teams. Thousands of people in Uganda are affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project, which spans from the oil production towers and refineries to...
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📢 Saturday Brilliant Video Alert: Must share: WHAT IS DIVESTMENT? Hint: its not brain surgery. @HCWithoutHarm
@theNAMedicine
@docsforclimate
@Fridays4future
@FridaysNigeria
@TIAADivest
@nurses4climate
@terresanspetrol
@RNAO
@MS4SF Share widely. https://t.co/CecyITvhi5
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@PSRenvironment
@PublicHealth
@HealthPolicyW
@AmerAcadPeds
@enviRN
@WHO Its time the US #HealthSector step up, take accountability for the billions it still invests in fossil fuels, & stop the harm. 📢 US #HealthSector leaders @docsforclimate Step up. https://t.co/U8PSNoAUHj
divestmentdatabase.org
The database of fossil fuel divestment commitments made by institutions worldwide
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The climate crisis is a public health crisis. At #COP30 in Belém, countries took a major step forward to protect people from the increasing harms of a warming planet.
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Join us tomorrow to launch a conference on oils blocks project impacts in DRC, toward of #COP30, #Beleem. "Africa wait transition away fossil f @350Africa @AfrikaVukaNet #RepowerAfrika @stopEACOP @DontGasAfrica @PowerShftAfrica @can_africa #ActinTime @Greenpeaceafric @SDG2030
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Pakistan 🇵🇰 The massive 2022 floods caused 1,700 deaths, 8 million displaced and damaged 👉🏿a significant portion of the country's health facilities. These are the downstream health impacts of fossil fuel investments. @RetireBigOil
@ClimatePensions
@TIAADivest
@terresanspetrol
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India 🇮🇳 Residents of Delhi -the 2nd most populated city on Earth- united by a basic demand: 📣 The right to breathe safely. These are the downstream health impacts of 👉🏽fossil fuel investments. @GCHAlliance
@docsforclimate
@RetireBigOil
#ClimateJustice
https://t.co/WY7vCB2oL3
theguardian.com
The failure by state governments to do anything about pollution means it has often been met with apathy. But at a rare protest anger and frustration were rife
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📣 Strong message of #ClimateJustice solidarity beyond #COP30 from @StopEACOP Campaign Coordinator. Share widely: https://t.co/e6hCLpLdzx
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“We want our lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners and illegal loggers.”
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Uganda 🇿🇼 The impacts of western-financed fossil fuels are suffered disproportionally across the Global South. Listen to these frontline voices on "Climate Talk Uganda" 👇🏾 #COP30
@terresanspetrol
@stopEACOP
@YGCUganda
@GCHAlliance 👇🏾Share the podcast👇🏾 https://t.co/rFq8kUvIiJ
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Introducing solar panels "prevented nearly 600 premature deaths and delivered $28 billion in climate and health benefits to the United States" - CUNY study. #DivestingFromFossilFuels is a global health imperative. @GCHAlliance
@foodandwater
@HCWithoutHarm
https://t.co/37Ib4nOcEV
gc.cuny.edu
Professor Gang He co-authored a study showing that imported solar panels prevented nearly 600 premature deaths and delivered $28 billion in climate and health benefits to the United States.
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❤️🩹 Phasing out coal has already shown life-saving results in the 2025 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown. 🩺 An estimated 160,000 lives have been saved annually from the shift away from coal. 💻 Visit https://t.co/Otz7gEYsnD.
#LancetClimate25
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ERs flooded. Patients evacuated. These are the downstream impacts of fossil fuel investments on healthcare & patient safety. 📣 Healthcare institutions have a duty to protect patients. It's time they divest from fossil fuels. @WHO Take action - In bio. https://t.co/GNVgvsg4nW
fortsusa.com
Recent floods at hospitals from New York to Jamaica reveal how unprepared healthcare systems are for extreme weather. Here’s how to stay ready.
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Big beatiful coal? Its spelled B.L.A.C.K L.U.N.G and there's nothing beautiful about it. #RejectCoal
@foe_us
@GCHAlliance
@enviRN -dispatch from "deep in Trump country" 👇🏾 https://t.co/LLvUnvsMXI
apnews.com
Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease.
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30 years after the execution of the Ogoni 9, the fight for justice continues. Join the global premiere of Shell Shocked Land 🎥 🗓️ Nov 10 | 12:00 pm UTC 💻 Register: https://t.co/Bwl1Fvx3Bp
#ShellShockedLand #Ogoni9 #LegacyOfResistance Photo: George Osoni
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