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20 Apr 2018 |
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Protecting the Health and Well-Being of Communities in a Changing Climate: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief
On March 13, 2017, the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement held a 1-day public workshop at the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, DC. Participants discussed regional, state, and local efforts to mitigate and adapt to health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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SCIENCE IS LINKING FOSSIL FUELS AND NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE
Both individually and in combination, the chemicals in air pollution are causing or are implicated in a disturbingly wide range of serious health problems that extend far beyond asthma, heat-related distress and infectious diseases. Over the last ten years, peer-reviewed research findings from academic centers around the world have ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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CLIMATE AND HEALTH COUNTRY PROFILE – 2015 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
This graphic document summarizes the key findings and opportunities for action regarding climate change—and health—in the US. Topics include implications for health during extreme weather events, heat, changes in policy and governance, etc.
20 Apr 2018 |
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AMA to Protect Human Health from the Effects of Climate Change by Ending Its Investments in Fossil Fuel Companies (Divestment)
Resolution by AMA on climate change and fossil fuel divestment.
20 Apr 2018 |
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THE LOFOTEN DECLARATION
Climate Leadership Requires a Managed Decline of Fossil Fuel Production: The Lofoten Declaration affirms that it is the urgent responsibility and moral obligation of wealthy fossil fuel producers to lead in putting an end to fossil fuel development and to manage the decline of existing production.
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Health Effects of Fracking: Fracking Harms Human Health
Health and Energy Brief on the health effects of fracking. The peer-reviewed scientific literature now includes more than 700 studies on the impacts of unconventional gas development; most were published in just the last three years. Of the studies looking specifically at health impacts, more than 80 percent document risks or actual harms.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Barbara Gottlieb’s (PSR) Testimony on EPA Methane Standards
Testimony of Barbara Gottlieb, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR). Speaking On the Oil and Gas New Source Performance Standards. Docket IDs No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505 and EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0346. Testimony given July 10, 2017 in Washington, DC.