Jon Levy

Health and Extreme Weather Actionable Solutions Grants: CAFE is offering grants up to $20,000 to support innovative, solutions-oriented projects addressing health and extreme weather challenges. Apply by September 15. www.climatehealthcafe.org/opportunities

Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...

Scientists--if your funding was cut over the last year (for research on climate, global health, DEI, LGBTQ or womens health, etc) but you managed to keep the research going, I want to talk to you for an upcoming article! Plz contact me: gewin at me dot com. Re-posts appreciated!

Plugin (or balcony) solar was illegal in all 50 states 18 months ago. Today it's legal in 8, and 89% of Americans support it. It's a panel you hang on a railing and plug into a wall outlet. No roof, no $30k, renters welcome. What it is and where your state stands👇

You'd never know from US media, captured as it is by deep RW narratives, but the US EPA is -- or at least was -- one of the wonders of the world. Sharp, credible independent science tied to serious regulatory & enforcement authority. China would *kill* for something like it. Trump is destroying it.

Scrapping offshore wind: The Trump administration says it will pay two more energy companies, including one developing a wind project off Morro Bay, to abandon their projects. The federal government will pay $885 million to end the leases. @hayleysmith.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/...

I think most people are unaware of the extent to which the EPA has been destroyed in the past year. In a November 2024 poll, 76% of Trump voters opposed weakening the EPA (86% of all voters). People want environmental protection and decisions based on evidence. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/c...

🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/c...

A few reflections on Earth Day 2026, and why there are some glimmers of hope in spite of the federal assault on environmental regulation and research. www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...

Those of us in public health don't just have to become better storytellers, we need go out into our communities and co-create a better future for all of us. The story of public health in the 21st century should be one embedded in communities that need us most. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

EPA's endangerment finding and car rules repeal suggested that oil prices fall because of Trump policies. Lower future prices at the pump would mean consumers pay less for policies that keep demand high. But then came Trump's war... www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

For the low price of $1B in taxpayer money, we get higher electricity prices, more climate change, more air pollution, and greater dependence on fossil fuels. All this because the President didn’t like the view from his golf course (and to benefit donors). www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/c...

Oil has been a stated or unstated cause of recent wars, and many of the impacts come back to oil. We notice the growing gas prices but may not see the growing health harms in Iran, the region, or the military. We pay a heavy price for our reliance on fossil fuels. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/w...

"By confronting climate change, we promote good health," @jonlevybu.bsky.social & colleagues write in a new @theconversation.com article. Their piece is a response to the Trump admin's move to rescind the endangerment finding, which asserted that climate-warming gases also endanger health.

Gas stoves can degrade indoor air quality. For the past year, researchers including @jonlevybu.bsky.social have been partnering with the city of Boston on a program to replace gas stoves with electric. The team is also studying how indoor air quality differs before and after replacement.

While others are stepping back on climate, Project Drawdown is stepping up! We’re proud to announce the Climate Science Serving America Fellowship to support U.S.-based Ph.D.-level scientists & engineers focused on climate solutions for the public good. drawdown.org/news/project...

The Trump administration rescinded the "endangerment finding" today, declaring that climate change doesn't harm health. They are wrong. Some evidence from me, @howardfrumkin.bsky.social, @jonathanpatz.bsky.social, and Vijay Limaye from @theconversation.com theconversation.com/trump-says-c...

As I say here, there is no scientific justification to revoke the engagement finding. In fact, over the last 15+ yrs, the evidence of how climate change affects our health has only grown. Higher risk of allergies, dementia, fertility, heart disease, and death: that’s what’s on the line. @nature.org

"To really make America healthy, in our view, the nation should acknowledge the facts behind the endangerment finding and double down on our transition from fossil fuels to a healthy, clean energy future." -- @jonathanpatz.bsky.social @howardfrumkin.bsky.social @jonlevybu.bsky.social

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

The Trump administration rescinded the "endangerment finding" today, declaring that climate change doesn't harm health. They are wrong. Some evidence from me, @howardfrumkin.bsky.social, @jonathanpatz.bsky.social, and Vijay Limaye from @theconversation.com theconversation.com/trump-says-c...

Found them

Today we won. A U.S. District Court ruled that the administration violated federal law when it secretly convened a group of climate contrarians to produce a thoroughly debunked report to overturn the Endangerment Finding. The science still matters. We won't stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

New research out today in #ScienceAdvances, in which Kyan Shlipak et al. explore the health impacts of burning wood for heat across the U.S. Of note: ~8600 premature deaths w/ more urban impacts than expected, disproportionate impacts to POC www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org

Just breaking. Good to see the truth emerging: www.edf.org/media/newly-... @globalecoguy.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @maibached.bsky.social

Trump’s E.P.A. Has Put a Value on Human Life: Zero Dollars

Now Trump EPA head, Lee Zeldin, enters the scene with rank dishonesty & theatrical indignation to dispute the NY Times' correct, accurate reporting. But I've read the EPA smoking gun document, I'm a 30+-year clean air lawyer, I understand its meaning better than Zeldin, & I have the receipts. 1/

The fact that air pollution protections save lives (and thus dollars) has long been an inconvenient fact for those who want polluting industries unfettered. This move is indefensible and dangerous. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

The Trump administration is proposing to value the cost of air pollution deaths at $0. It’s no wonder that Trump’s EPA would take this step: avoided premature mortality is regularly the largest category of monetized benefits used to justify Clean Air Act regulation.

Since deaths from particulate matter and ozone are the vast majority of monetized benefits from air pollution regulations, this move will effectively stop most clean air regulations. This is totally unsupported by science, economics, or common sense.

This is so incredibly heart-breaking. To Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli at NIH--you have betrayed the entire scientific community. Deeply committed staff are leaving in droves--because you are destroying the institution. Shame on you. www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...

Dozens of public housing apartments will get plug-in induction ranges as part of the initiative, which aims to eventually shift 10,000 NYCHA homes off the use of polluting fossil fuel appliances. citylimits.org/nycha-to-rep...

Unfortunately this skeet aged well…

When people argue that renewable energy sources are too expensive, remember that we don’t invade countries to seize wind farms and there are no solar cartels. Fossil fuels have enormous geopolitical, public health, and climate externalities.

The @nytimes.com Lost Science series continues. Here's my Q&A with a scientist who was studying how wildfire smoke threatens human health when the EPA decided that her research was no longer a funding priority. Gift link: nyti.ms/4jhpw14

New preprint up assessing the air quality and health benefits that could have been possible under the Inflation Reduction Act. Huge effort here with Erin Mayfield, Jamil Farbes, @jessedjenkins.com, Ryan Jones, Tracey Holloway, and @jonathanpatz.bsky.social.

Sweeping science cuts in 2025 halted clinical trials, erased public health data and forced researchers into impossible choices. “This year nearly broke me as a scientist,” one writes. Six researchers share their stories: buff.ly/u2MHIQo 🧪

Thank goodness there are no national security issues or geopolitical challenges related to oil or gas…

Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.

Are you one of the 38% of U.S. households with a gas or propane stove? If so, spend the $50 needed to get an induction stove! New study: "if you use a gas stove, you’re often breathing as much nitrogen dioxide pollution indoors from your stove as you are from all outdoor sources combined.”

"A Stanford-led study finds switching from a gas to electric stove would cut nitrogen dioxide exposure across the U.S. by over one half, reducing the risk of asthma." #Induction #Electrify #GasStoves #Asthma #IndoorAir #PublicHealth woods.stanford.edu/news/air-ins...

While the administration has said it is cutting “woke programs” that “poison the minds of Americans", it actually funded fewer grants in every area of science and medicine. “They brought everything to a stop,” said Sarah Kobrin, a branch chief at the N.I.H.’s National Cancer Institute

With this proposal, the Dept of Ed excludes social work, nursing, public health, and other fields as “professions” meriting better loan access. This is because these fields pay less. Clear disdain for people dedicated to helping others even if they make less. Maybe better pay is a better solution?