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Taxonomy Archive: policy
20 Apr 2018 |
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Ent y Cambio Climatico: Oportunidades Conjuntas para la Accion
El cambio climático y las enfermedades no transmisibles (ENT) son dos de los retos decisivos del siglo 21, cada uno presenta una amenaza significativa para la salud y el desarrollo sostenible. Se proyecta que el cambio climático tendrá efectos cada vez más perjudiciales para las comunidades y las economías en las próximas ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act
Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act – Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the impact of climate change on health systems.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) publish and implement a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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A Vegetarian Italy Could Reduce Climate Change Caused by Food Emissions
The announcement last week that Turin—the industrial core of meat-loving Italy—will be making moves toward vegetarianism was met with some groans. According to The Guardian, the meat-reduction agenda introduced by the city’s new mayor, Chiara Appendino, drew complaints of nanny-stateism; one disgruntled Tweeter mocked the ...
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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Climate change: Pollution hits low-income communities hardest
There are a lot of questions surrounding California climate policy right now. For me, growing up in Watts, Los Angeles, the most important question is: how will state climate policies help low-income communities and communities of color?
20 Apr 2018 |
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Protecting health of North Carolinians means addressing climate change
Instead of responding to the urgent threat to the health and well-being of our residents, North Carolina has chosen to join 26 other states in suing the Environmental Protection Agency. It is hiding behind a protective order from the U.S. Supreme Court allowing states to hold off on taking measures to stop carbon emissions as […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Latino Communities at Risk: The Impact of Air Pollution from the Oil and Gas Industry
Many Latino communities face serious health risks caused by air pollution. What’s more, higher poverty levels and relatively lower rates of health insurance increase these health threats from air pollution translating into a bigger health burden on Latino communities. This report for the first time quantifies the elevated health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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LIGHTS OUT IN THE COLD: Reforming Utility Shut-Off Policies as If Human Rights Matter
This report provides a comprehensive overview of common disconnection protections and policies employed by utilities nationwide, explores critical issues that should be considered in the development of disconnection policies, and calls for concrete action toward establishing policies that protect the well-being of all utility ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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SAFEGUARDING CALIFORNIA: IMPLEMENTATION ACTION PLANS Public Health Sector Plan
California released its first comprehensive plan for adapting to climate change in 2009, and updated that strategy with the 2014 report Safeguarding California: Reducing Climate Risk. Since 2009, California has experienced several of the most extreme natural events in its recorded history: severe drought, an almost non-existent ...