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Apr 2018

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Climate Change and Health: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians

Climate change could have a devastating effect on human and environmental health. Potential effects of climate change on human health include higher rates of respiratory and heat-related illness, increased prevalence of vector-borne and waterborne diseases, food and water insecurity, and malnutrition. Persons who are elderly, sick, ...

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Apr 2018

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Health Professional Organizations Call on Governors to Continue Advancing the Clean Power Plan for the Health of the Nation

A report on the very first analysis of the cross-border impacts on health of coal power plants in the EU has been published today. The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), Climate Action network (CAN) Europe, the WWF European Policy Office and Sandbag, have outlined the enormous benefits a full coal phase-out would bring.

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Apr 2018

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Health Professionals: Sign Letter to Support Strong Methane Standards

We, the undersigned physicians, nurses, and health professionals, strongly support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rules to reduce industrial methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from new oil and gas sources. These standards will not only help to mitigate climate change and its associated health risks ...

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Apr 2018

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Presdent’s State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience: Recommendations to the President

Across America, states, cities, and communities are taking steps to protect themselves from extreme weather and other climate impacts. As part of his Climate Action Plan, President Obama signed an Executive Order on November 1st, 2013 establishing a Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience to advise the Administration on how ...

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Apr 2018

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Webinar: Heat’s Deadly Effects

The second in a series of climate change webinars from PSR. This webinar, held June 26, 2013, features PSR Board Member Andrew Jameton explaining the health impacts of extreme heat and its connection to climate change, and Director of Environment & Health Barbara Gottlieb discussing the need, and method. for letters to the editor ...

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Apr 2018

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Climate Action is Health Action: Why Support for California Climate Legislation is Good for Our Health

Linda Rudolph, MD, MPH, director of PHI’s Center for Climate Change and Health, recently testified before the California State Assembly on SB 350, one of the key bills moving through the legislature, and serves as a national spokesperson to raise awareness of the connections between climate change and health. We sat down with Linda ...

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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 ...

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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 […]

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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

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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?

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