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20 Apr 2018 |
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Protect AB 32: Clean Air Saves Lives and Money
Air pollution has created a public health crisis in California. California’s innovative clean air laws, including AB 32, are vital to cut harmful pollution from our air, reduce the incidence of asthma attacks and lung and heart illnesses that send people to hospitals and emergency rooms, and help people live full and healthy lives. ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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State of the Air 2016
The “State of the Air 2016” found con nued improvement in air quality in 2012–2014, showing lower levels of year-round par cle pollu on and ozone. S ll, more than half of all Americans—166 million people—live in coun es where they are exposed to unhealthful levels of these pollutants. The “State of the Air 2016” […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Preparing California for Extreme Heat: Guidance and Recommendations
The Climate Action Team’s Public Health Workgroup convened a subcommittee, the Heat Adaptation Workgroup, to develop this document. The Heat Adaption Workgroup was co-chaired by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) and includes staff from multiple State ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Sneezing and Wheezing: How Climate Change Could Increase Ragweed Allergies, Air Pollution, and Asthma
2014 was the hottest year on Earth since recordkeeping began in 1880, and ten of the previous warmest years on record occurred since 2000. The scientific consensus is that climate change is the driving force behind these rising temperatures. Scientific studies have also shown that our changing climate could favor the formation of ...
20 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 ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Breathing Life into Paris Agreement: Health Can Drive Action
“The world will not end poverty or hunger, or meet the health targets, without addressing climate change. And it will not solve the climate problem without addressing energy, and air pollution,” said UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary Richard Kinley at the Second Global Conference on Health and Climate. The Conference was held ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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To Protect Climate, Public Health, Americans Call for End to Federal Coal Program: Ending Public Coal Leasing, Mining Would Keep 212 Million Tons of Carbon in Ground, Save $7 Trillion
WASHINGTON— A coalition of groups today called on President Obama to permanently end the federal coal program, highlighting the fact that ending leasing and mining of public coal in the United States would keep up to 212 billion metric tons of carbon pollution in the ground — the equivalent of taking nearly 50 billion cars […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Unhealthy air, unhealthy lungs, unhealthy communities
Op-ed about clean air and climate change in a newsweekly newspaper geared towards Indian-Americans. Also found on page 23 at this link: https://issuu.com/indiapost/docs/indiapost_05-20-2016_e-paper
20 Apr 2018 |
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A systematic review of the physical health impacts from non-occupational exposure to wildfire smoke
BACKGROUND: Climate change is likely to increase the threat of wildfires, and little is known about how wildfires affect health in exposed communities. A better understanding of the impacts of the resulting air pollution has important public health implications for the present day and the future.METHOD: We performed a systematic ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Letter: Stay engaged on climate change
My family and I recently traveled to Washington, D.C., for the Moms Clean Air Force “Play-In” for Climate Action.In the shadows of the U.S. Capitol, we listened to music, played with other children and heard from inspirational speakers calling for action on climate change.The trip was particularly special because we were joined ...