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Dr. DeJarnett explains how climate change threatens public health

[…] Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. Check out recaps of past speakers here. Climate change is a large-scale threat, but it is also as personal as our own health. Dr. Natasha DeJarnett of the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) investigates how climate change and environmental exposures affect public health.  She is among many health professionals paying attention to the effects of […]

Episode 6: The Health Risks of Climate Change

Dr. Natasha DeJarnett from the American Public Health Association and Dr. Jalonne White-Newsome from the Kresge Foundation appear on this episode of Citizens’ Climate Radio. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1AsCx8IlZpBS4vKeXdiBYU?si=_gKGvTufSM-ecFEQ5MT07w   Citizens’ Climate Radio is a monthly podcast hosted by CCL volunteer Peterson Toscano. Browse all our past episodes here. Our rapidly-changing planet is already posing risks to public health. Dr. Natasha DeJarnett from […]

Episode 47: Eco-Grief in a Time of Coronavirus Mourning

Dr. Natasha DeJarnett How are the impacts of climate change similar to what we are experiencing with the coronavirus global pandemic? Many climate advocates have long felt sadness, anger, and despair over the destructive effects of climate change and the slow response by elected officials to do anything about it. Suddenly with the coronavirus outbreak we are all thrust into […]

Episode 66: Hospitality in a Time of Climate Change

[…] giving and receiving hospitality is becoming the new normal for humans. Citizens’ Climate Radio host Peterson Toscano speaks with public theologian Jayme R. Reaves and public health expert Dr. Natasha DeJarnett (pictured above). What are the risks leading to more displacement? What are the dilemmas and challenges of housing, feeding, and creating more space for people uprooted from homes during […]

Episode 78: What is an Effective Climate Change Story? 

Dr. Natasha DeJarnett     In this episode of Citizens’ Climate Radio, host Peterson Toscano considers stories that focus on the impacts of climate change. These include incidents of extreme weather and stories of changes you have witnessed over time and the ways these changes affect you and everything and everyone you love. This episode will give viewers the opportunity […]

3,700 climate advocates gather online to plan push for carbon price in 2021

[…] 4,671 calls to congressional offices to show support for the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act ahead of lobby meetings. They also sent 1,042 written messages to Congress. Dr. Natasha DeJarnett The conference welcomed Dr. Natasha DeJarnett as the incoming chair of Citizens’ Climate Education’s governing board in January. Dr. DeJarnett, an assistant professor at the University of Louisville Division […]

Episode 25: Race, Pollution, and Justice

[…] organizations that attempt to reach out to people of color. He shares why these attempts fail and what climate advocates can do to build a more diverse coalition. Dr. Natasha DeJarnett Also joining the discussion is Dr. Natasha DeJarnett, environmental health policy analyst from the American Public Health Association. She outlines statistics on historical and contemporary pollution. She highlights how […]

Episode 23: Mental Health & Climate Change

Dr. Lise Van Susteren and Dr. Natasha DeJarnett join this episode of Citizens’ Climate Radio.     Citizens’ Climate Radio is a monthly podcast hosted by CCL volunteer Peterson Toscano. Browse all our past episodes here. How does climate change affect us psychologically? When faced with extreme weather effects, how is our mental health threatened? What can we do to […]

Louisiana during COVID: Not together, but never alone

[…] put it bluntly, people of color are dying at twice the rate of white people.”  What’s happening in Louisiana is playing out on a national scale, too. As Dr. Natasha DeJarnett explained CCL’s May national call, “African Americans make up just over 13% of the population in the U.S., but are 52% of the coronavirus cases here in the U.S. […]

Episode 46: Coronavirus, Climate Adaptation, and a Resilient Tomorrow (Video)

[…] global warming. How is coronavirus similar to climate change? How is it different?  Citizens’ Climate Radio host Peterson Toscano convenes a panel of experts to consider these questions: Dr. Natasha DeJarnett, the interim Associate Director of Program & Partnership Development at the National Environmental Health Association. In previous episodes she has helped us better understand public health issues and climate […]