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Jackie Semmens

Jackie Semmens

Jackie Semmens is a mother and freelance writer raising two young boys in beautiful Helena, MT. She has a master’s degree in Medical Anthropology and a Certificate in Public Health. The health impacts of climate change, especially for the most vulnerable, are a primary concern for her. Jackie has worked for a Montana-based think tank which focuses on public policy issues that impact low- and moderate-income Montanans. Much of Jackie’s writing focuses on the intersection of public policy and parenting. Jackie also runs a branch of a Hike it Baby, a family hiking group that encourages parents and caregivers to get outside with young children. She blogs at An Anchored Hope.

Articles by Jackie Semmens

Breathe Deep Montana

by Jackie Semmens

Fire season has gotten longer, more intense, and more difficult during the pandemic, says a mom of three who can’t let her kids go out to play because the air quality is so dangerous.

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Montana Climate Assessment: Interview with Cathy Whitlock

by Jackie Semmens

Cathy Whitlock, the lead author of the Montana Climate Assessment, says: “We see from the paleo record that any time conditions have gotten warmer in Montana, there have been more fires.” And with fire comes consequences – asthma and other respiratory problems.

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Montana’s Wildfire Smoke Affects Climate and Health

by Jackie Semmens

Learn about the negative effects of wildfire smoke on the lung function of Montana residents who were exposed during the Rice Ridge Fire in 2017.

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Wildfire Smoke Still Chokes Montana

by Jackie Semmens

When wildfires are extinguished, they can leave behind dangerous wildfire smoke. Read one Montana mother’s first-hand report of raising children where the air is unhealthy to breathe.

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Glacier National Park, Montana

Montana Parents Won’t “Wait and See” if Coal is Clean

by Jackie Semmens

Read a Montana mom’s concerns that her Congressional Representative will not stand up for clean energy, and clean air for the children of Montana.

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Will Our Kids Get to Hike America’s National Parks?

by Jackie Semmens

Hear from a Montana mom on how climate change is impacting national parks, specifically Glacier National Park, which may not contain glaciers much longer.

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Montana Mom Joins Moms Clean Air Force So Her Sons Can Fly

by Jackie Semmens

Read about one Moms Clean Air Force member who wants her children to be free of the pollution caused by increasing wildfires due to climate change.

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