2026 Climate & Health Conference Montana State University Bozeman, Engineering Norm A Hall  ​

🌎🩺 Students! 🩺🌎
The 4th Annual Climate & Health in the 406 Conference is March 7 in Bozeman.
🎓 Poster opportunity - academic or community projects
🏆 Chance to win $100 + give a 5-minute lightning talk
💚 Free student admission
🚗 Possible travel support available
www.montanahphc.org/conference.h...

America's data center growth hot spots, mapped Virginia and Texas lead the way, but they're becoming a major political fight.

Wow!

America's data center growth hot spots, mapped www.axios.com/2025/12/18/d...

Front page, above the fold today, in the BIllings Gazette! Our Climate Litigation, packed-house event in BIllings MT done in conjunction with the Billings Climate Week coalition. Plaintiffs Rikki Held of Held v Montana and Ula Jones of Lighthiser v Trump were on the panel!

YouTube video by Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate 25.12 Our Planet, Our Health Climate in The Courtroom

RIkki Held is back from her Peace Corps tour of duty in Kenya!!! Check out youth plaintiffs Rikki Held and Ula Jones of Held v MT and Lighthiser v Trump - and listen to why climate litigation matters! www.youtube.com/watch?v=psvA...

Fossil fuels aren’t just bad for the planet — they’re making us sick. 🩺

A new report shows how coal, oil & methane gas harm every system of the body, at every stage of life.

Read more 👉 psr.org/fuelingsickness

#ClimateHealth #FossilFreeFuture #HealthNotHarm

Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change The Lancet Countdown works to ensure that health is at the centre of how decision makers understand and respond to climate change.

🌍 The 2025 Lancet Countdown Global Report is LIVE!
128 experts from 71 institutions track 57 indicators linking climate & health — from heat deaths to fossil fuel finance.
💡 Climate action is health action.
🔗 lancetcountdown.org
#LancetCountdown #ClimateHealth #PlanetaryHealth #ClimateAction

💧 Upcoming event: Water, Climate & Solutions in the Yellowstone Valley — Sun, Nov 17 at 6pm at Prescott Hall, RMC!

Hear from Dr. Kayhan Ostovar & Bruce Kania on local climate impacts + innovative water solutions. 🌿

🔗 billingsclimatechange.org
#ClimateSolutions #YellowstoneRiver

🌍 Health orgs are uniting to #BreakTheFossilInfluence — refusing to work with PR firms tied to Big Oil.

Just like we did with Big Tobacco, it’s time to stand up for health and a livable planet. 💪🌿

Learn more: climateandhealthalliance.org/what-we-do/m...

#FossilFree #ClimateHealth

Over 50 amazing youth and teachers from across Montana came together in Livingston for the 2025 Youth Climate Summit — connecting, learning, and taking action for our planet. 🌎 Huge thanks to PCEC and Alecia Jongeward for organizing! 💚 #YouthClimateSummit #MontanaClimate

Over 50 enthusiastic kids and some AMAZING high school teachers from across Montana converged in Livingston this week to find community, learn how to take action, discover careers! THANKS PCEC and Alecia Jongeward for organizing this #climatehealth

TOMORROW in Missoula - learn to help your climate anxiety!

Tabling today at ClimateFest Missoula - Hillary Daily and Leah Nuese-Yager

Judge weighs court's powers in Trump climate case A federal judge overseeing a closely watched climate case on Wednesday pressed the lawyer representing young Americans suing President Donald Trump on whether courts have constitutional authority to r...

The evidentiary hearing is done and the dust is settled. Now we await the judge's decision from the ground-breaking Missoula U>S> District court evidentiary hearing. The first time climate has been presented/argued in a federal court case.
www.wydc-tv.com/news/nationa...

📚✨ Join us for the 3rd Annual Edgerton Lecture hosted by the MSU Billings Department of History!

🗓 September 17, 6:30 PM
📍 LI 148

Free and open to the public! Learn more: msubillings.edu/class/history/historyinthenews.htm

🚲✨ Successful Ride for Their Lives! ✨🚲
We had such a great turnout and so many happy riders today.

Thank you to everyone who showed up with energy, smiles, and support—you made this day a true success! 🌟

#RideForTheirLives #CommunityHealth #Billings

Julia Ryder at the MT Chapter, American College of Physicians, Missoula
Healthcare providers care about climate change and human health

@gregholz.bsky.social at the Mt Medical Association Meeting in Helena (photo by Ann Buss)
Healthcare providers care about climate change and human health

Lori Byron and Jody McDevitt with @leifwelhaven.bsky.social , talking about Billings Cimate Week on 98.5 The WOLF!! Events start today - see billingsclimatechange.org
We have solutions and Billings cares!

MSU researchers create tool to find out if your private drinking water is unhealthy A recent statewide study found 75% of 51 watersheds researchers analyzed were in some way unsafe for lifetime human consumption, contaminated with toxics like arsenic and uranium.

YEAH MARI - for working to keep people safe!! - dear friend and past board member for MthPHC.
MSU researchers create tool to find out if your private drinking water is unhealthy billingsgazette.com/news/state-r...

Annual Fun Run for Charities The Annual Fun Run for Charities is on Saturday August 30, 2025. It includes the following events: Beartooth Market 10K, MKC Family 5k, and David & Cheryl Whitcomb's 2 mile.

🎽🌿 Red Lodge, it’s time to RUN FOR THE CLIMATE!
This Saturday, Aug 30, lace up for the 22nd Annual Fun Run for Charities—support 60+ local causes
You can still sign up!!!!!
runsignup.com/Race/MT/RedL...
#FunRunForCharities #RunForTheClimate #RedLodgeMontana #CommunityStrong #mthphc

🌎💚 Sharing climate and health information across Montana

Right now, they’re featured at the Big Horn County Health Department, but they travel to offices, hospitals, clinics, and health departments statewide.

📩 Interested? Contact us at INFO@Montanahphc.org to learn more!

🌱✨You don’t have to be in Bozeman to join us for The Health of the Land is the Health of the People: Full Ecology with authors & ecologists Mary M Clare & Gary Ferguson.

📍 Alumni Legacy Lounge, MSU Strand Union Building or online!
Not in Bozeman, watch virtually: us06web.zoom.us/.../register...

🚨 The EPA has announced plans to rescind its “Endangerment Finding” — the science-backed 2009 decision that greenhouse gas emissions harm human health and the environment.
📖 Full story here: insideclimatenews.org/.../epa-resc...
#ClimateHealth #ActOnClimate #CleanAir #PublicHealth

As we wrap up summer, don’t forget—extreme heat can quickly turn dangerous! Stay alert for signs of heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and dehydration/electrolyte imbalance. Knowing the symptoms could save a life. 💧🌡 #HeatSafety #PublicHealth #StayCool

How China's clean energy is changing the world China is a global leader in clean energy manufacturing. But did you know that most of the emissions reductions -- resulting from the solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, batteries and more ...

Here’s the truth:
You don’t have to be rich or famous to lead on climate. In fact, most climate leaders are everyday people—just like John and Izzy Rabe, who have gone electric, installed solar, and inspired 20+ neighbors to do the same!

🚴‍♀️🌍 Ride for Their Lives – Billings, MT 🌿💚
On Saturday, September 14th, join us for a FREE 10- or 20-mile bike ride to raise awareness about how climate change and air pollution affect our children’s health.
👉 Register here: www.ridefortheirlives.com

🎽🌿 Red Lodge — we’re running for the climate!

Reminder to join us Saturday, Aug. 30 for the 22nd Annual Fun Run for Charities and help support 60+ local causes — including raising awareness about climate and health. 🏃‍♀️💚

Sign up today and let’s make every mile matter!
👉 runsignup.com/Race/MT/RedL...

☀️ This summer, climate and health education hit the road!
A big thanks to our Yale Climate & Health intern, Mads Harner, for helping make it happen! 🙌
📚 Do you know an afterschool program that could use our free curriculum and books? We’d love to share them! Email us at info@montanahphc.org

🌍 "This is an all-hands-on-deck moment.”
Rebecca Philipsborn, MD, MPA — professor at Emory
University School of Medicine—urges everyone, especially healthcare educators and providers, to step up.
She’s leading a project addressing climate change’s health impacts.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLFC...