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20 Apr 2018 |
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NWS Heat Safety Tips
North American summers are hot; most summers see heat waves in one or more parts of the United States. Heat is one of the leading weather-related killers in the United States, resulting in hundreds of fatalities each year and even more heat-related illnesses. This website is designed to inform you about the health dangers of […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Fact Sheet: Health Educators Climate Commitment
Obama Administration Announces 48 Additional Public Health, Medical, and Nursing Schools from 15 Countries Commit to Train Their Students to Address the Health Impacts of Climate Change, Increasing the Total Number of Schools Committing to 118 Around the World.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Fact Sheet: What Climate Change Means for Your Health and Family
Developed over three years by approximately one hundred experts in climate-change science and public health – including representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Aeronautics and Space ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Human Health and Welfare in a Changing Climate: Frequently Asked Questions
Brochure of frequently asked questions on SAP 4.6. Human Health and Welfare in a Changing Climate.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Food Sustainability and Safety
In this chapter, the DGAC addresses food and nutrition issues that will inform public health action and policies to promote the health of the population through sustainable diets and food safety. An important reason for addressing sustainable diets, a new area for the DGAC, is to have alignment and consistency in dietary guidance ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Cool Roofs Are Ready to Save Energy, Cool Urban Heat Islands, and Help Slow Global Warming
Cool roofs are ready to save energy, cool urban heat islands, and help slow global warming.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Black Carbon
Factsheet on Black Carbon from the EPA and Northern Arizona University’s Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals
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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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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Workshop on the Development of Climate Information Systems for Heat Health Early Warning: Assessing Knowledge, Needs, and the Path Forward
Recent Assessments agree that extreme heat events will become more frequent and intense as our climate changes. To address this issue and build on the emerging capacity to predict heat on climate time scales, NOAA (OAR, NWS, NESDIS), the Deutscher Wetterdienst (German Met Service), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...