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20 Apr 2018 |
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Measuring health gains from sustainable development
Measuring health can tell us how well development is advancing the three pillars of sustainability – social, environmental and economic. Whether it is transport that reduces air pollution; weather-resistant housing; safe drinking-water from sustainable water resources, or clean energy for all, putting health at the heart of ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change Makes Me Sick!: Heat
Climate change will increase the frequency and severity of extreme heat events such as heat waves. In the U.S., heat waves are the most dangerous extreme weather event we face; they cause more than 1,300 deaths per year.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change Makes Me Sick!: Insect-Borne Disease
Mosquitoes carry infectious pathogens, such as the West Nile virus, Dengue fever, Zika virus, and malaria, and transmit them to humans via biting. As the Earth warms due to climate change, more regions can potentially support disease-bearing mosquitoes.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Guidelines for Alternate Water Sources: Indoor and Outdoor Non-Potable Uses
In moving toward a safe and sustainable water future for Los Angeles County we must learn to conserve water, replenish groundwater, and safely reuse water so that there is net zero water waste. There are many ways to approach this goal. Thanks to recent changes in State law, many opportunities now exist to reuse water […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Child Health and State EPA Clean Power Plan Implementation
Outdoor air pollution is linked to respiratory problems in children, including decreased lung function, coughing, wheezing, more frequent respiratory illness, and asthma exacerbation. In 1970, Congress passed the federal Clean Air Act to address these and other concerns about America’s worsening air quality.The Clean Air Act is now ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Protect Your Heart in the Heat
This factsheet produced by the American Heart Association and available online reviews the risks of heat for heart patients and measures they can take to avoid medical complications associated with heat.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Urban Greening: integrated approaches… multiple solutions
Urban greening provides many benefits to the community and to the greater ecosystem. Projects designed to achieve multiple objectives provide integrated and innovative approaches that result in more beneficial outcomes. For example, a park can be designed as a single-purpose facility and provide a place for kids to play; or it can be ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Why We Need a Cleaner, More Efficient Power Sector
On June 2, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, proposed a commonsense plan to cut carbon pollution from power plants. The science shows that climate change is already posing risks to our health and our economy. This proposal will maintain an affordable, reliable energy ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Workshop on the Development of Climate Information Systems for Heat Health Early Warning: Assessing Knowledge, Needs, and the Path Forward
Recent Assessments agree that extreme heat events will become more frequent and intense as our climate changes. To address this issue and build on the emerging capacity to predict heat on climate time scales, NOAA (OAR, NWS, NESDIS), the Deutscher Wetterdienst (German Met Service), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Invasive Species
Climate Change and Invasive Species: What it means to tribes and how we can adapt