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20 Apr 2018 |
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Coal’s Public Health and Safety Impacts
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.
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Valero Benicia Crude-by-Rail Project
On behalf of the undersigned groups, we submit the following comments on the City of Benicia’s Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR) for the Valero Benicia Crude-by-Rail Project (the Project). The City released a Draft EIR for public comment in June 2014. After receiving numerous comments pointing out the deficiencies in ...
20 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 ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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An Open Letter to the Governors of the Nation
The physicians, nurses, other health practitioners, public health professionals implore the governors of the United States to support and advance the Clean Power Plan to help protect the health of Americans from the threats to health and survival posed by climate change. They encourage movement forward to develop and submit the State ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Declaration for Health Food and Agriculture
We, the undersigned, believe that a healthy food system is necessary to meet the urgent challenges of our time. Behind us stands a half-century of industrial food production, underwritten by cheap fossil fuels, abundant land and water resources, and a drive to maximize the global harvest of cheap calories. Ahead lie rising energy and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Thirty-One Top Scientific Societies Speak with One Voice on Global Climate Change
In a consensus letter to U.S. policymakers, a partnership of 31 leading nonpartisan scientific societies today reaffirmed the reality of human-caused climate change, noting that greenhouse gas emissions “must be substantially reduced” to minimize negative impacts on the global economy, natural resources, and human health.
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Letter
We are Minnesota physicians, nurses, public health professionals and students dedicated to the best possible health of our patients and our communities. We are members of health care organizations and institutions located throughout Minnesota. As such we are writing to call your attention to important opportunities to improve health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Congressional Review Act Letter- February, 2017
On behalf of the tens of thousands of members of the undersigned medical and public health organizations, and the communities we serve, we strongly urge you to oppose any Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval that would block air pollution limits that address the leakage of methane, including the Bureau of Land ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Opposition Letter to CRA Resolution that Would Block Air Pollution Limits
On behalf of the tens of thousands of members of the undersigned medical and public health organizations, and the communities we serve, we strongly urge you to oppose any Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval that would block air pollution limits that address the leakage of methane, including the Bureau of Land ...