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Taxonomy Archive: Climate mitigation/GHG reduction
20 Apr 2018 |
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Scientist: Fossil fuels’ two-way assault on children’s health needs to stop
Fossil fuels represent a two-pronged attack on the health of children, a leading health scientist has warned. To foster health and well-being in future generations, society needs to dramatically decrease dependence on dirty energy.Frederica Perera (Credit: Columbia.edu) In a commentary released today summarizing the key science ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Scientists identify ways to prevent heat-related deaths from climate change
By the 2080s, as many as 3,331 people could die every year from exposure to heat during the summer months in New York City. The high estimate by Columbia University scientists is based on a new model—the first to account for variability in future population size, greenhouse gas trajectories, and the extent to which residents ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Too much sun? Rising heat hits health, water in San Diego
Sunny skies and mild temperatures are a trademark of San Diego, which help make its tourism industry the third largest in the country — amounting to nearly $9.9 billion annually, which translates to a regional impact of over $16 billion generated for the economy, according to the San Diego Tourism Authority.But San Diego is about ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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More than 30 Scientific Societies Urge Congress to Stop Denying Climate Change
For a while now, scientists have been dealing with a steady stream of climate change denial from the U.S. Congress with a mix of wit and thinly veiled exasperation, but it looks like they’ve finally run out of patience because some of the top scientific organizations in the country just got together and sent Congress […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Climate-Change Solution No One Will Talk About
Studies have shown that improved access to birth control can be a valuable tool in slowing global warming, but many politicians are afraid to broach the subject.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Lecornu: Climate change effects health
Southard is absolutely right. The impacts of climate change are completely devastating. In addition to the extreme weather that climate change exacerbates, like flooding, droughts and powerful hurricanes, it also causes damage to our health. Higher temperatures and poorer air quality can lead to increased asthma attacks, other lung ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Meat is horrible
It may be delicious, but the evidence is accumulating that meat, particularly red meat, is just a disaster for the environment — and not so great for human beings, either.Agriculture today accounts for for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions — posing one of the biggest challenges to countries desperately trying to curb ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Renewable energy is healthy energy
A future powered by healthy energy will require reducing dependence on dirty sources of energy, using energy more efficiently, and increasing investment in clean, renewable energy choices
20 Apr 2018 |
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Guest opinion: Climate change may be making you sneeze
If you’ve noticed prolonged and more pronounced allergy symptoms in recent years, it may not be your imagination, and you may be surprised to learn of the significant role that climate change is playing.Along with a whole host of other impacts to our state’s natural environment and economy, climate change is impacting those with ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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My view: Climate mitigation — just what the doctor ordered
“We incorporate climate change into all aspects of our health management.” With this emphatic statement, Royal DeLegge, Salt Lake County Health Department’s environmental health director, opened the “Climate Variability and Health Symposium” last month. This two-day event brought together over 110 experts and citizens ...