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Apr 2018

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Global Health Professionals Call for Transition Away from Coal

On behalf of health professionals around the world, we call on the G7 nations to accelerate the global transition away from coal­fired electricity. Eliminating air pollution from coal­fired power plants provides immediate and significant air pollution­related health benefits and health care savings. A coal phase­out also slows ...

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Apr 2018

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Oakland City Council Votes to Ban Coal Exports in Big Win for Local Advocates

The Oakland City Council took a strong stand against coal last night. Following a long and often emotional city council meeting — during which whistles and cheers were at times met with boos and yelling — the council passed an ordinance prohibiting the storage and handling of coal and petcoke at Oakland facilities, and a […]

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Apr 2018

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AME Church: Climate change disproportionately hurts blacks

African Methodist Episcopal Church members have joined the call of other religious leaders for action on climate change, citing its disproportionate effect on the health of black people. “We can move away from the dirty fuels that make us sick and shift toward safe, clean energy like wind and solar that help make every breath […]

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Apr 2018

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Clean Power Plan Saves Nearly $40 Billion On Health, Too

Air quality improvements associated with policies such as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan go a long way toward mitigating climate change—but do you know that they also directly lower human healthcare costs? About 17,000 people die every year as a result of generating electric power. Many more suffer ...

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Apr 2018

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Coal Blooded

This is “Coal Blooded” by Jacqueline Patterson on Vimeo.Here first hand from communities directly affected by coal fired power plants that were ranked in the Coal Blooded Report, including: State Line Generating Plant in Hammond, Indiana; Gallagher Generating Station in New Albany, Indiana; Cherokee Generating Station in ...

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Apr 2018

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Climate change and the lungs

Hotter temperatures will mean that allergy seasons start earlier and last longer. Some very hot days will produce unpleasant peaks in pollution, especially for anyone with a lung problem. This factsheet aims to help prepare individuals, families and communities for climate change and suggests simple actions to help moderate its worst ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Apr 2018

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Mining Coal, Mounting Costs: The Life Cycle Consequences of Coal

Energy is essential to our daily lives, and for the past century and a half we have depended on fossil fuels to produce it. But, from extraction to combustion, coal, oil and natural gas have multiple health, environmental and economic impacts that are proving costly for society. We estimate that the life cycle impacts of […]

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Apr 2018

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Opinion: The case for a child-centered energy and climate policy

Children suffer the most from fossil fuel burning.Fossil fuel combustion and associated air pollution and carbon dioxide (CO2) is the root cause of much of children’s ill health children today as well as their uncertain future. There are strong scientific arguments, as well persuasive economic ones, for reducing the world’s ...

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