Dr. Limaye is available to speak to the media on the connections between climate change and public health, the financial costs of health problems worsened by climate change, and how climate actions can benefit health.
He holds particular exepertise on air pollution- and extreme heat-related health risks, Clean Air Act and federal environmental policy, and climate-health cost valuation. Dr. Limaye has experience in print, radio, podcast, and television interviews. His expert voice has been featured on national and international news platforms including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, CBS, CNN, Al Jazeera, and BBC World.
For interview requests, reach out using this form.
Selected TV, Podcast & Radio Interviews:
CBS Sunday Morning – Why are Canadian wildfires affecting the U.S.? (6/11/23)
Marketplace – Wildfires have given parts of the West some of the worst air quality in the world (8/27/21)
NPR’s Life Kit – 4 Tips To Beat Extreme Heat (7/19/21)
The Healthcare Policy Podcast– Measuring the Health-Related Costs of the Climate Crisis (1/14/21)
Health Affairs Newsmakers – The Economic Effects Of Climate Change: Costs Of Inaction & Benefits Of Action (12/26/20)
PRI’s The World – Planting tiny forests to combat extreme heat in South Asian cities (7/16/20)
KNPR’s State of Nevada – What is Ozone Pollution Costing Nevada? (10/2/19)
How We Got Here Podcast Interview (2022)
Selected Press Quotes:
Chokehold: The Trump administration’s stealth plan to unleash poisonous air
(The New Lede) by Vijay Limaye (3/4/26)
How India Is Coping With Extreme Heat (New York Times) by Manuela Andreoni (5/21/24)
It’s not your imagination, US summers are hotter than ever before (The Guardian) by Aliya Uteuova (6/10/22)
The obscure rule that keeps cities under federal pollution limits (NPR) by Scott Simon (11/11/2023)
Opinion: The true cost of climate change needs to include the health toll (Washington Post) by Vijay Limaye (8/9/21)
‘We can’t ignore reality’: Colorado fires highlight urgency of US climate legislation (The Guardian) by Nina Lakhani (1/7/2022)
Is This the Coolest Summer of the Rest of Our Lives? (New York Times) by Soumya Karlamangla (8/30/2021)
The Unbearable Summer (The Atlantic) by Ronald Brownstein (8/26/2021)
Study finds ‘very concerning’ 74% increase in deaths associated with extreme heat brought on by the climate crisis (CNN) by Jen Christensen (8/19/21)
How hot is too hot? What to know about wet bulb temperatures, an increasing danger in extreme heat (USA Today) by Elinor Aspegren (7/18/21)
California’s Air Monitor Finds Toxic Lead in Wildfire Smoke (Bloomberg) by Leslie Kaufman (7/12/21)
Why Republicans Still Don’t Care About Climate Change (The Atlantic) by Ronald Brownstein (9/17/20)
Imperial County has highest rate of COVID-19 cases in the state; it wants to reopen anyway (Los Angeles Times) by Gustavo Solis (6/15/20)
EPA set to keep particulate matter standard (Politico) by Alex Guillén (4/14/20)
Air Pollution Levels Were ‘Off The Charts’ In New Delhi. (TIME) by Sanya Mansoor (11/6/19)
Study Links Climate Change To At Least $10B In Health Costs In 2012 (Wisconsin Public Radio) by Danielle Kaeding (9/19/19)
Sandy, Other 2012 Events Cost Health Care $10 Billion, NRDC Says (Bloomberg News) by Cristin Flanagan (9/18/19)
Air Pollution Standards (Letter to Editor) (New York Times) by Vijay Limaye (4/23/19)
Climate Change Isn’t an Intangible Future Risk. It’s Here Now, and It’s Killing Us (Washington Post) by Kayla Epstein (8/9/19)
This Is What Happens When Bad Policies Meet (Earther) by Brian Kahn (8/21/18)