Press Conference - Earth Day Launch of Climate Health Action Together (CHAT)

From hazardous wildfire smoke to sweltering heat waves and record-setting floods, Wisconsinites are feeling the health impacts of a changing climate. Those harms appear in our communities and emergency rooms as heart and lung diseases, premature births, injuries, infectious diseases, food and water-borne illnesses, and fatalities. In response to this public health emergency, a coalition of health and climate professionals has come together to form Climate & Health Action Together (CHAT) to share their stories and foster local conversations and solutions that protect the state’s public health, environment, and economy.

Press conference speakers include:

• John Meurer, Milwaukee Pediatrician and Professor of Pediatrics and Community Health at the Medical College of Wisconsin

• Jennifer Gauthier, Enrolled member of the Menominee Nation and Director of the Sustainable Development Institute at the College of Menominee Nation

• Rachel Pierce, a Nurse practitioner in Eau Claire

• Michelle Danforth-Anderson, Marketing and Tourism Director