Shockingly, just as tobacco companies understood for years the harm caused by their products, fossil fuel companies have conducted decades-long misinformation campaigns that have slowed the transition to cleaner energy and resulted in a staggering number of real-world health consequences, placing lives at risk and straining an already overburdened healthcare system.

MiCCA Director Teresa Homsi shared the following testimony on Feb. 26, 2026 in Gaylord, Michigan as part of a series of "People's Hearing" events on extreme weather, in partnership with the Climate Action Campaign. Like many others living in northern Michigan last year, I couldn’t sleep the first Saturday night of the storm, kept awake by the sound of branches cracking and crashing to the ground. Wrapped up in blankets, I found myself bracing for the potential impact of a tre

Michigan health practitioners have long borne witness to the detrimental impacts of mis- and disinformation. Whether it's bad-faith speculation about the efficacy of proven public health interventions or polluters who deny and downplay their liability, we know that when industries set their own rules, they act only in their best interest and often to the detriment of the public's well-being. Nowhere is this more apparent than with fossil fuel companies that have lobbied exten

As published in Bridge Michigan on Nov. 14, 2025. By Teresa Homsi and Alex Rabin The Dan E. Karn Power Plant in Essexville, Michigan is also owned by Consumers Energy and was decommissioned in 2023. Photo courtesy of creative commons. Joining a slew of retired coal power plants in the state, the J.H. Campbell Generating Plant’s planned closure in West Olive was meant to signal the beginning of a new era – one where our energy needs can be met by cleaner, more sustainable mean

As published in Planet Detroit on Aug. 19, 2025. By Alex Rabin and Lisa Del Buono Tailpipe emissions. Photo courtesy of creative commons When EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the rollback of the endangerment finding July 29 at a truck plant in Indianapolis, the heat index hit 105 degrees. The endangerment finding is a foundational ruling established in 2009 that recognizes greenhouse gases as a threat to public health. Zeldin claimed it’s not carbon dioxide that threat

As published in Planet Detroit on Aug. 8, 2025. By Teresa Homsi Food coloring bottles. Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons I used to think Red 40 was the cause of the mysterious migraines that led me to wake up multiple times a month unable to function. Artificial food dyes were one of the many theories behind the pain, along with dehydration, not enough food, too much sleep, too little sleep, overexertion and so on.But my headaches almost entirely disappeared after I moved to

Unfortunately, Rep. Bergman failed to mention the primary driver of these increasingly destructive wildfires: human-induced climate change. Fueled by our warming climate, vast Canadian forests have turned into tinderboxes, ready to ignite.

As published in the Midland Daily News on July 30, 2025. By Lisa Del Buono Line 5 marker in the Mackinac Straits Leaders from MyMichigan Health submitted a letter to the Daily News (July 22, " Health Care relies on energy . We disagree. The need for the pipeline’s petroleum products has been significantly overstated. Our organization, the Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action, supports efforts to hold utilities accountable to provide affordable and reliable energy. As a netw