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Taxonomy Archive: US policy
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change: A Risk Assessment
This report argues that the risks of climate change should be assessed in the same way as risks to national security, financial stability, or public health. That means we should concentrate especially on understanding what is the worst that could happen, and how likely that might be. The report presents a climate change risk ...
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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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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Health Equity and Inclusion Program Strategies
A tool to identify opportunities to support/enhance equity, diversity and inclusion, and reduce disparate impact in programs and services.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Clean Energy Packs Savings for Seniors
On June 2, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the Clean Power Plan, the first- ever limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. Entrenched coal interests immediately seized on the proposal as one that would dramatically cut coal use, force the implementation of new and expensive technologies, and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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How Public Health can Address Climate Change
Greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are increasing the earth’s temperature, resulting in extreme weather events that have serious health consequences. Vulnerable communities will likely have some of the greatest exposures to climate‐related health impacts and the fewest resources to confront them. This is a public health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Mining Coal, Mounting Costs: The Life Cycle Consequences of Coal
Energy is essential to our daily lives, and for the past century and a half we have depended on fossil fuels to produce it. But, from extraction to combustion, coal, oil and natural gas have multiple health, environmental and economic impacts that are proving costly for society. We estimate that the life cycle impacts of […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Letter: Harmful House Bill
Last week, the US House decided that keep our air safe is not important and passed a bill to restrict implementation of the new standards for nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, particulate matter and lead. The “Smoggy Skies Act” (HR 4775) is an irresponsible attack on the Clean Air Act. This bill would double […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Clean Power Plan Protects Our Environment, Health & Economy
The Clean Power Plan will cut harmful carbon pollution from the power sector that’s fueling climate change. The plan protects our environment and comes with big benefits for our health. And it will strengthen and grow our clean energy economy.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Food Recovery Act
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree’s Food Recovery Act takes commonsense steps to reduce food waste while helping feed millions of Americans.