Our Campaigns
Clean Heat Campaign
CHN Liaison: Mayukha T.
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Are you a health professional in Southern California? Join this campaign!
Location: Southern California: Large areas of Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, including the Coachella Valley.
Description: Did you know that industrial boilers are a hidden source of pollution tucked into our communities powering the manufacturing sector, big campuses, hospitals and more? Whether they’re providing heat for making tortilla chips and ramen or supporting healthcare services at hospitals, these units burn methane gas creating emissions that can lead to asthma, respiratory illness, and heart disease.
All across Southern California, nearly 2,000 industrial boilers emit health-harming pollutants sending frontline community members to seek medical care. Unfortunately, hospitals and clinics rely on the same polluting equipment as the manufacturing sector to provide services, inadvertently harming the very people they’re dedicated to helping. Now, we have an opportunity to transition to zero-emission equipment while keeping factories and hospitals in our communities.
Join our coalition’s campaign to push for a clean heat transition!
Bay Area Clean Air Campaign
CHN Liaisons: Chelsea Y,, Matthew F.
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Want to take action to support the implementation of clean air standards? Check this page for the most up-to-date information about how to continue to advocate for rule implementation.
Location: 9 Bay Area Counties - Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, southwestern Solano, and southern Sonoma.
Description: Bay Area Clean Air (BACA) fights for cleaner air and lower bills for Bay Area families. Gas appliances in our homes create harmful pollution. BACA supports smart standards that help families upgrade to clean, efficient electric appliances.
The Bay Area Air District passed the nation's first standards (called Rules 9-4 and 9-6) to ensure that when gas water heaters and furnaces need replacement, families get clean, efficient electric heat pumps instead.
These standards will cut deadly pollution from fossil fuel heating equipment — a major driver of poor air quality in the Bay Area — while lowering energy bills. Previously, the board had set limits on NOx emissions, but those standards weren't strong enough to adequately protect health.
Make Polluters Pay Campaign
CHN Liaison: Wendy B.
Location: California; Statewide
Description: The idea of a climate superfund (making polluters pay) is simple: if you make a mess, you should have to help pay to clean it up.
Based on traditional superfund laws, ‘climate superfunds’ would force the largest emitters to pay into a fund based on their fair share of emissions over an established period (often the last 30 years). The revenue would then be used for climate adaptation and mitigation efforts.
In 2024, Vermont and New York became the first and second states to pass climate superfund legislation. Four more states are actively considering proposals and many more are expected to follow.
Since the start of 2025, we've seen more than $250 billion in damages from the Los Angeles wildfires. In addition to that, in the last 5 years prior, California has faced more than $50-100 billion in damages for extreme weather events like atmospheric rivers, unprecedented winters, and other wildfires. We only expect that number to go up. The companies who are responsible for these climate-fueled disasters should be the ones to pay for the damages, not California residents.
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No Coal Campaign
CHN Liaison: Allie J.
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Sign our Health Professionals letter to oppose coal in Oakland!
Reach out to connect@climatehealthnow.org if you’d like more information about joining our health professionals working group to oppose coal in the East Bay.
Location: East Bay Area: Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Pinole, Hercules, Rodeo, Martinez.
Description: Did you know that Trump recently pledged $75 million to support the development of a coal export terminal in West Oakland?
Climate Health Now is partnering with the No Coal in Oakland/East Bay Campaign to build power and leverage public opposition to stop the construction of this harmful terminal - to protect human health. The project would not only impact communities in Oakland directly, but also the neighboring cities of Berkeley, Albany, Richmond, Pinole, Hercules, Rodeo, Martinez and more. This is because coal will be transported through these regions, adversely impacting local air quality - see diagram below.
As health professionals, we know that coal dust can be deadly. Coal dust is a mixture of carbon, minerals such as silica, and trace metals, including very fine particles (PM2.5) -- particles one-thirtieth the width of a human hair -- that are small enough to deposit deep in the lungs and enter the bloodstream. UC Davis researchers monitoring trains in Richmond found that passing coal trains added an average of 8.3 micrograms per cubic meter of PM2.5 to local air.
Furthermore, burning coal is also a key contributor to climate change, which is the greatest health challenge of this century. Every increase in greenhouse gas emissions contributes to more global warming; the volume of coal proposed for export from the proposed Oakland coal export terminal is great enough to make a significant contribution to climate change, as coal exported from the proposed export terminal will be burned by recipient nations