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Apr 2018

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Health Professional Organizations Call on Governors to Continue Advancing the Clean Power Plan for the Health of the Nation

A report on the very first analysis of the cross-border impacts on health of coal power plants in the EU has been published today. The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), Climate Action network (CAN) Europe, the WWF European Policy Office and Sandbag, have outlined the enormous benefits a full coal phase-out would bring.

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Apr 2018

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Report on the Health and/or Safety Impacts Associated with the Transport, Storange, and Handling of Coal and/or Coke in Oakland, Including at the Proposed Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal in the West Gateway Area of the former Oakland Army Base

The purpose of this review is to assist the City in evaluating information in its public record regarding (1) health, safety and/or general welfare evidence that the City Council might consider generally applicable to legislation regulating or banning certain activities regarding coal and coke, e.g., the handling, and storage, and ...

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Apr 2018

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Scientific Evidence of Health Effects from Coal Use in Energy Generation

Access to electricity has a positive effect on the health and well-being of people worldwide. However, the use of coal to generate energy has negative health consequences. There is evidence of coal’s impact on human health during every stage of its use for electricity generation—from mining to postcombustion disposal. In ...

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Apr 2018

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The Health Impacts of Energy Choices: A Briefing Paper for the Health Community

Access to energy for cooking, heating, transport, and productive activities is essential to human health. Access to electricity is also critical to improving health service delivery, strengthening health systems, and achieving universal health coverage. As the World Health Organization (WHO) observes, “energy access in health ...

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Apr 2018

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The Human Health Effects of Rail Transport of Coal Through Multnomah County, Oregon A Health Analysis and Recommendations for Further Action

Balancing the potential benefits and harms of using coal as an energy source is an ongoing challenge for local communities and the global economy. Coal is a natural resource that has long been used to power a wide variety of activities. It is a non-renewable resource; the bulk of the coal mined today is about […]

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Apr 2018

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Bridging the Clean Energy Divide: Affordable Clean Energy Solutions for Today and Tomorrow

The impacts of pollution often hit the poor the hardest. And experts predict that climate change will worsen the situation. However, the shift to clean energy offers a chance to prevent the worst impacts of climate change, while lessening the toll that dirty fossil fuels are currently wreaking on some of our most vulnerable communities

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Apr 2018

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Health in the green economy: Health co-benefits of climate change mitigation policies – transport sector

Transport has powerful impacts on health. Well-designed transport policies and infrastructure investment priorities can lead to far-reaching reductions in traffic-related health risks from air and noise pollution and injury. Cycling and walking, on their own or as part of a public transport journey, can greatly enhance physical ...

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Apr 2018

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Climate Solutions for a Stronger America: Tested Messaging for Engaging on Climate Change & Clean Energy

Fires, floods, severe droughts, devastating storms — the impact of climate change is here now. Based on multiple rounds of in-depth national survey messaging research, Climate Solutions for a Stronger America is a messaging guide for those determined to fight back against big oil and coal and move our country forward. Our research ...

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Apr 2018

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Position Statement on Crude Oil Transport & Storage

Energy companies have proposed increases in oil-by-rail transport and storage in the states of Washington and Oregon with subsequent ocean shipments from Pacific Northwest ports. While there was no movement of oil-by-rail in Washington three years ago, dramatic increases in oil extraction from the Bakken fields in North Dakota and ...

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Apr 2018

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What now, after the Supreme Court stay? Moving forward with the Clean Power Plan

As you probably know, the Clean Power Plan (CPP) faces a serious legal challenge. Twenty-nine state attorneys general and state agencies sued the EPA in 2015, claiming that EPA exceeded its authority in drafting some aspects of the CPP. The Supreme Court in February 2016 issued a “stay,” or a temporary suspension, of the ...

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