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20 Apr 2018 |
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Just Energy Policies: Reducing Pollution and Creating Jobs
With a growing understanding of the harmful impact of fossil fuel-based energy production on communities of color and low income communities, it is more important now than ever before that our communities take a stand to move our country to an energy efficient and clean energy future. Our intention in creating this compendium is that ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Estimating economic damage from climate change in the United States
Episodes of severe weather in the United States, such as the present abundance of rainfall in California, are brandished as tangible evidence of the future costs of current climate trends. Hsiang et al. collected national data documenting the responses in six economic sectors to short-term weather fluctuations. These data were ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Removals of Climate Change Mentions and Links from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Website
This report summarizes the removal of mentions of climate change on public sites by The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). NEIHS has altered climate change language, updated climate change references, and reduced access to a Web resource with information on climate change and human health across several ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change in the American Mind: November 2016
This report is based on findings from a nationally representative survey – Climate Change in the American Mind – conducted by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (climatecommunication.yale.edu) and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication (climatechangecommunication.org). Our nationally ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change ‘makes violence likelier’
Scientists say there is a direct link between changing climate and an increase in violence, reinforcing a key finding of the latest IPCC report. Summary of report findings.
20 Apr 2018 |
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How Cities Can Protect Poor People and Minorities From Climate Change
A new report from the liberal Center for American Progress (CAP) outlines steps cities can take to increase climate resilience by focusing on low-income communities and communities of color. In other words, it’s about environmental justice, an issue that’s just starting to gain awareness in local governments.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Public Health Research Roadmap on Emerging Electricity Generating Systems
This report establishes a public health research roadmap aimed at anticipating and preventing potential unintended health impacts of emerging electricity generating, storing, and distributing systems (EES). Through expert interviews and bibliographic research, this Public Health Research Roadmap provides a compilation of resources ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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PEHSU Information on Health Risks of Wildfires for Children – Acute Phase Guidance for Health Professionals
Wildfires expose children to a number of environmental hazards, e.g., fire, smoke, psychological stress, and the byproducts of combustion of wood, plastics, and other chemicals released from burning structures and furnishings. During the acute phase of widlfire activity, the major hazards to children are fire and smoke. Acute stress ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Hunting for the neuroscience of heat and violence
According to recent research it is estimated that a single standard-deviation increase in temperature elevates that risk of person-to-person violance by about 2.5 percent and the risk of group-to-group violence by about 11 percent. Given the increase in frequency and severity of extreme heat events as climate change worsens, it is ...