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20 Apr 2018 |
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The Diet-Climate Connection
The droughts, heat waves and wildfires of 2012 – the hottest year on record – have vividly brought home the effects of our warming planet. And some of the consequences will also show up at the grocery store. Foods we buy will cost more because of crop failures. And this is just part of a […]
20 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 […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Study Quantifies Climate-Change-Related Deaths
A study in Environmental Research Letters suggests a fifth of premature deaths during a 2003 heatwave in Europe are linked to human-caused climate change. “We are now able to put a number on the deaths caused by climate change in a heat wave,” said lead author Daniel Mitchell of the University of Oxford. “This has […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change is making farm work more dangerous than it already is
Heat is the number one weather-related killer in the U.S., claiming between 600 and 1,500 lives each summer. The danger is particularly acute in California’s agricultural inland regions like the Coachella Valley and Central Valley, where climate change and drought are producing heat waves that are increasingly severe.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Opinion: Health institutions should lead on green stewardship
Hospitals, nursing homes and clinics have been making incremental improvements in their environmental record since the oil crisis of the 70s and should be commended for their efforts. But today, it’s simply not enough. After all, health, the environment and health care are inextricably linked. There is growing evidence of the link ...
20 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 ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change is threat to air quality in Lancaster County, EPA scientist says
Air quality in Lancaster is one of the worst in the nation, and climate change may be making it worse. Climate change is a significant threat now and not just in the future, a federal climate-change scientist warned Wednesday, speaking at an event in Lancaster.
20 Apr 2018 |
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America is too damn hot: U.S. faces dramatic rise in extreme heat and humidity
Across the United States, we’ve hit the dog days of summer. Most regions are now seeing their hottest temperatures of the year, and the combination of heat and high humidity sends most people running for a cold drink, some shade or an air conditioner. Heat is the No.1 weather-related killer, and as carbon pollution continues, […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Feed yourself more healthfully and protect the planet at the same time
The Maine chapter of the nonprofit Physicians for Social Responsibility is joining other health care professionals around the world in focusing its attention on the public health risks of climate change. Rather than talk about the spread of mosquito-borne viruses or the impact of giant hurricanes, the group is using food as a way to ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Heat stress to wipe billions off GDP in India, China
The massive economic and health losses that climate change is already causing across the world are detailed in six scientific papers published today. Perhaps most striking is the warning about large productivity losses already being experienced due to heat stress, which can already be calculated for 43 countries. The paper estimates ...