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National Healthy Homes Month: Hidden Dangers in Your Home
June is National Healthy Homes Month. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s annual Healthy Homes campaign,...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Jun 23, 20224 min read


National Healthy Homes Month: How to Make our Homes Safer
June is National Healthy Homes Month. Every year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gathers partners from around...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Jun 23, 20222 min read


Why do we accept asthma with our ‘natural’ gas?
Transitioning away from fossil fuels would mean children (and all of us) breathe easier Take a Deep breath. And exhale. Most of us don’t...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Jun 22, 20223 min read


Pediatricians applaud CDC's recommendation on under-5 Covid-19 vaccines
Watch Dr. Ned Ketyer's interview on Pittsburgh Action News 4. Pittsburgh-region pediatricians and hospital systems are preparing to...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Jun 21, 20223 min read


Healthcare providers and impacted residents discuss fracking impacts in Pennsylvania and beyond
Fracking is Injustice: The High Human and Climate Toll of Fracking and LNG Expansion New Compendium, analysis finds ‘no evidence’...

Tonyehn Verkitus
May 26, 20225 min read


Calling All Healthcare Providers for Pennsylvania Climate Convergence
CALLING ALL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS!!! We are facing a climate emergency with devastating health consequences. Healthcare providers are...

Tonyehn Verkitus
May 19, 20222 min read


WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
While the most environmentally and health damaging activities require major political, economic, and societal changes, individuals'...

Tonyehn Verkitus
May 12, 20224 min read


Native plants and other more natural gardening
Under-appreciated opportunities in public health, environmentalism and happiness. I am writing this because I have found a fascinating...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Apr 27, 20224 min read


PSR PA Collaborator Walks 40 Miles Against Vanguard’s Destructive Investments
On April 18, Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT), who partnered with PSR PA on the Clean Energy and Health Virtual Conference in September...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Apr 8, 20223 min read


Bucks County must band together to ‘Ban the Bomb’
Nobody wins a nuclear war. That’s why the moment we find ourselves in now with Russia's invasion of Ukraine serves as a stark reminder...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Mar 30, 20223 min read


Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops
Everyone has heard about global warming, but few understand how environmental feedback loops amplify the warming even further. With...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Mar 29, 20223 min read


Announcing OCAREER Certificate Program
Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania has developed a certificate to assist practitioners in assessing how climate change is...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Mar 28, 20222 min read


Sign-on Letter: Mid-Atlantic Alliance for Climate and HealthUpdated
As leaders and members of health professional and environmental organizations in Delaware, South Jersey, and Southeastern Pennsylvania,...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Mar 2, 20224 min read


Comments on Draft Regulations Addressing Importation / Exportation of Water, Wastewater in the Basin
The Steering Committee of the Concerned Health Professionals of Pennsylvania (CHP PA), an advocacy group concerned about the...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Mar 1, 20224 min read


WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
The scale and range of human activities that harm the environment and human health are vast, and many of the most damaging require...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Feb 23, 20223 min read


Nothing 'green' about Nacero plant
Originally Published in the Citizen's Voice 2/1/2022 Editor: The proposed methane-to-gasoline refinery is a false solution to our need to...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Feb 8, 20222 min read


Mid-Atlantic Alliance on Climate and Health
There are many people and organizations passionate about and working on environmental and climate change issues. The public now generally...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Jan 28, 20223 min read


Nacero plant would endanger residents' health, property values and quality of life
Unlike previously published articles, The Citizens’ Voice published a more critical view of the plans for the $6 billion dollar gasoline...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Jan 12, 20223 min read


Air Pollution Warning
Some people living and working just a few miles southeast of downtown Pittsburgh found it difficult to breathe yesterday: An Air...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Dec 23, 20214 min read


2021 Year in Review
As we wrap up 2021 and my first year as executive director, I find myself proud of all that our team has accomplished, the path we are...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Dec 14, 20213 min read
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