Gillian Goobie

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to rescind the greenhouse gas emissions Endangerment Finding goes against the EPA’s mission [and] will be felt for generations," says ATS President @raeddweikmd.bsky.social.

Read the full statement here: site.thoracic.org/press-releas...

This is a critical concern for anyone who cares about combatting climate change and facing this existential public health threat. I encourage anyone and everyone to take the opportunity to comment and voice their opposition to the overturning of the GHG Endangerment Finding. This is not a drill!

Trump's EPA is trying to destroy the Endangerment Finding -- the solid scientific conclusion that greenhouse gases are dangerously changing the climate. They've published fake, misleading claims from climate deniers. This will devastate efforts to stop climate change. The EPA comment period is open.

The top court at the United Nations said Wednesday that countries must protect their citizens from the effects of climate change — and if they failed to protect the planet, they could be breaking international law.

E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm

I know so many dedicated and brilliant scientists who work (and I guess now worked) at EPA. The loss of expertise and ability to make science-informed decisions will have lasting damage for our health. Academics and advocates will have to try to fill the gap.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...

After 7 Decades of Measurements From a Peak in Hawaii, Trump’s Budget Would End Them

Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels.

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They cite "forest management" and "arson" as primary reasons for 🔥, failing to acknowledge the glaringly obvious fact that climate change is the #1 contributor. They expect us to sympathize with their ⬇️ ability to enjoy summers due to smoke. 🇨🇦 would gladly accept your help in addressing this issue.

This is mind-boggling. While the US deregulates coal plants, defunds anything addressing climate change, & rolls-back the GHG endangerment finding, 6 Republicans have the audacity to write the Ambassador of Canada abt what we are doing to address Cdn wildfires... 🤯

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On immigrants: "Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed". H. Melville. New legislation will allow mass "hunts" for undocumented migrants...@atscommunity.bsky.social

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Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality of Interstitial Lung Diseases in Alberta, Canada: A Population-based Study

www.atsjournals.org/doi/suppl/10...

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📣 TL:DR Incidence stable, prevalence rising, improved survival for ILD & IPF over 10 years.
Numbers much higher than prior reports for ILD & IPF.

The Blue Journal thanks Maeve Georgia MacMurdo, MBChB, MPH, for her contribution to the July issue

Letting Cooler Heads Prevail: The Necessity of Occupational Regulation of Heat and Smoke Exposure

www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10....

Show Your Stripes Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe

It's #ShowYourStripes day. Climate change is real. It's happening now. It's caused by us. There is still hope. The coming heat wave will be part of a more than doubling of such events. We owe it to future generations to #ActOnClimate
showyourstripes.info/c/northameri...

I think of JTO in a separate category since the rest of pulmonary outside of the lung cancer/IP space isn’t really gonna publish there, so is the difference between 21 for ERJ and 19.4 for AJRCCM really meaningful??

The Blue Journal thanks Clarus Leung, MD, MAS, for her contribution to the May issue

Clinical and Biological Features of a Thickened Basement Membrane Zone in Asthma

@atscommunity.bsky.social

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Breathe easier? Not without the science  - The Salata Institute By canceling a multi-year study of older people with lung disease – a few months before it was due to end – the Trump administration has left patients without help, doctors without answers, and wasted...

Cancelling science will only lead to increased disease, costs, and deaths. #NIH #ResearchFunding #PublicHealth

"By canceling a multi-year study of older people with lung disease – a few months before it was due to end – the Trump administration has left patients without help, doctors without answers, & wasted taxpayer dollars" says Mary B. Rice, MD, MPH

Read more: salatainstitute.harvard.edu/breathe-easi...

Sign the Petition Petition: Demand unscientific hunting and trapping changes be rescinded

Quick and easy petition asking for Minister Loewen to rescind recent wildlife management decisions. Please share and help us get the word out.

www.change.org/p/petition-d...

Worth a listen #ILD raised questions for me: 1) how might we calculate risk in these patient - and their families 2) if they are at high risk what intervention/monitoring 3) will there be an appetite to have a easy accessible air quality measure?

Impact of Environmental Exposures on the Development and Progression of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease | Out of the Blue: An AJRCCM Podcast | Episode 175 Dr. Mohleen Kang chats with Dr. Kerri Johannson and Dr. Tamera Corte about their article, "Impact of Environmental Exposures on the Development and Progression of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease."

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Out of the Blue: An AJRCCM Podcast: Impact of Environmental Exposures on the Development and Progression of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease
@atscommunity.bsky.social #medsky

Have a listen: share.transistor.fm/s/32b0f46d

TL/DR? No worries!
Listen to Dr. Tamera Corte and I discuss our paper on the Impact of Environmental Exposures on ILD in the @atsblueeditor.bsky.social podcast 🫁👇
Thanks @mohleenkang.bsky.social for hosting us! 😊

Thanks for highlighting Kerri!! It is critically important for everyone to understand the potential impact of these rollbacks and federal cuts on health!

Great podcast from @atscommunity.bsky.social

Dr. Gillian Goobie and Dr. Allison Lee discuss the impacts of proposed EPA policy changes on 🫁 health 💪

@gilliangoobie.bsky.social @ats-eoph.bsky.social
(can find it on podcasts app for listen only: ATS Breathe Easy)

Happy Earth Day!🌎

When it comes to air pollution, what's good for the planet is also good for us! Alison Lee, MD, explains on the ATS Breathe Easy podcast how "bad air" has profound effects on our health and the role policy plays in ensuring we breathe clean air.

Learn more: youtu.be/51ZzGPj8UF4

President Trump has proposed a miserly budget for America with potential for untold suffering. What's at risk? Public health, patient care, the environment, America's universities, as well as the economy and state budgets. Congress, fix this mess!

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

This is a remarkable letter and everyone should read it.

CMO of an NIH institute: “I can no longer…be a part of or lend any kind of support to what I see as increasingly strenuous efforts to comply with each and every immoral and often illegal directive being sent to the National Institutes of Health from the Executive Office of the President…”

That is sickening.

What a letter. This is an historically bad time in government, and not everyone yet has the words or even lexicon for it. Dr. Fessell does.

Please read it.

(Once at the link, select the "PDF" tab, then scroll down to get to the body of the letter.)

The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and eroding science. On April 14, Edwin R Martin Jr, the Trump-appointed interim US attorney for the District of Columbia, sent a letter to at least one medical journal, CHEST, saying “that more and more journals and publications like CHEST Journal are conceding that they are partisans in various scientific debates”. The letter asked the journal to respond to five questions on topics such as how it handles misinformation and different viewpoints. This is an obvious ruse to strike fear into journals and impinge on their right to independent editorial oversight. The Lancet stands with CHEST and the other medical journals that are being intimidated by the Trump administration.

“While the risks to civil servants and academics’ livelihoods are real and understandably frightening, bullies are only emboldened by acquiescence or indifference.”

The @thelancet.bsky.social comes out swinging against the thuggery from Washington DC

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Was just coming on here to post this article but @kerrijohannson.bsky.social beat me to it!

Truly inspirational words from Dr. Fessel in the face of the tragedy of destruction of public health institutions. Incredibly important read for all: