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20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change in the United States: Benefits of Global Action
A new EPA report, Climate Change in the United States: Benefits of Global Action, explores the question: What are the benefits to the United States of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions? To answer this, we need to understand the basic scale of the difference between a world with and without global climate action. This report ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change: What’s Public Health Got to Do With It?
This is the first in a series of five guides designed to help public health professionals understand how they can and should be involved in mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Health Equity
Whether through sea level rise, droughts, or heat waves, the populations most vulnerable to climate-related health impacts are the same communities that experience health inequities, the unjust and avoidable disparities in health outcomes. These include the elderly, children, communities of color, and those unable to afford food, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health and Equity Co-Benefits of Addressing Climate Change
Climate change mitigation and readiness measures are being implemented in land use, transportation, water, energy, waste, agriculture, and more. Many climate action strategies also have significant beneficial effects on public health and equity, known as co-benefits, making climate change action a “win-win”. Some health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change Affects Our Health
We care about healthy living in San Luis Obispo County. That is why we are concerned about climate change. Now is the time to come together as a community and talk about how climate change is affecting our well-being. The good news is, many actions that help limit climate change also improve the health of […]
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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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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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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Climate Change and Children’s Health Facts
Climate change is not in some far off future. It is happening now. We are experiencing increased temperatures, more extreme weather events, rising sea level, an extended pollen season, and shifting ranges of disease-carrying insects. Our children are already suffering from the effects of climate change, and will continue to suffer ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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We Care
Factsheet about living in a climate conscious way from San Louis Obispo’s local health department