Coal’s Public Health and Safety Impacts
- Abstract
Representatives of the Alameda County Public Health Department drafted this letter to express concerns about and recommendations for preventing the potential negative health and safety impacts of the proposed coal export project at the former Oakland Army Base.
- Resource Type
- Position paper/statement
- Author
- Alameda County Public Health Department
- Resource URL
- https://www.scribd.com/document/299028028/Coal-by-Rail-ACPHD-letter-final-9-21-2015-pdf
- Date
- Sept 21, 2015
- Health and Human Impacts
- Occupational health Respiratory disease
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Air pollution
- Emission Sources
- Conventional energy Energy Conventional
- Fossil Fuel
- Coal
- Solution
- Climate mitigation/GHG reduction
- Region
- Southwest
- Other
- Climate and environmental justice/health equity Social determinants of health Vulnerable populations