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Burning fossil fuels heats the climate. It also harms public health.

WEBSources of human-caused particulate matter include fossil fuel combustion, vehicles, agriculture, road dust, and fires. Small particulate matter is the most ravaging …

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How climate change threatens public health

WEBCiting health threats posed by climate change, more than 70 major medical groups in the U.S. released a call to action in June 2019 declaring climate change “a …

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How addressing climate change can also improve public health

WEBSlashing emissions and reducing air pollution also contributes to improved public health. For example, reducing air pollution lowers the risk for causing or …

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Reducing healthcare sector’s greenhouse gas emissions

WEBAn education at intersection of climate change, health, and equity. Houser says the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, reports …

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Clean energy could save American lives to tune of $700 billion per …

WEBClean energy could save American lives to tune of $700 billion per year. New research quantifies how actions to curb climate change will yield immediate benefits …

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12 books on climate change and public health

WEBThe need has never been greater for the grounded, informative, and accessible discussion provided by this groundbreaking book. Climate Change and the …

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Climate change is increasing the risk of infectious diseases …

WEBClimate change has already increased the risk of nearly 60% of all known infectious diseases, including tick- and mosquito-borne diseases — like Lyme disease …

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Extreme heat will cost the U.S. $1 billion in health care costs — this

WEB“As the number of heat-event days increases, the probability that people are going to get rushed to the emergency room or get hospitalized increases,” said Steven …

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The little-known physical and mental health benefits of urban trees

WEBAnd researchers have identified a plethora of physical and mental health benefits that come along with planting more trees in urban areas. For example, the …

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Five ways climate change makes it harder for doctors to help their

WEBPeriods of high temperatures can compromise the effectiveness of some medications and increase the risk of heat-related illness for those taking certain …

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How climate change affects mental health

WEBThere are two distinct but connected ways that climate change can affect mental health. First, people can experience psychological responses to direct exposure …

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Climate change is hurting kids’ mental health, report finds

WEBClimate change is hurting kids’ mental health, report finds. They’re vulnerable even if they haven’t directly experienced a disaster. by YCC Team January 4, 2024. …

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How extreme weather threatens people with disabilities

WEBAccording to the CDC, one in four American adults, or 61 million people, live with a disability. For many, high temperatures can be a major challenge. Alex Ghenis, a …

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Gas stoves pose health risks. Are gas furnaces and other …

WEB“An average home in the Northeast uses like 60 MMBtu [metric million British thermal units, a standard unit for measuring the heat content of energy sources] per year …

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How energy-efficiency upgrades can improve your health

WEBStaff members then make recommendations for addressing health hazards. Yale Climate Connections spoke to Kennedy about how energy-efficiency upgrades and …

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Gas stoves are even worse for our health than previously known, …

WEB[Lee en español] Within the past few years, scientists have found that gas stoves are a major source of air pollution within homes, responsible for almost 13% of all …

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Mom fights air pollution in North Denver » Yale Climate Connections

WEBPhoto from a 2020 Moms Clean Air Force Retreat (Photo credit: Moms Clean Air Force / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) People who live in North Denver, Colorado, face multiple …

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Climate change stresses physical and mental health in Puerto Rico …

WEB[En español] Puerto Rico has seen an alarming increase in deaths over the last two years caused by cardiovascular conditions, diabetes, and mental health …

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Revkin/DotEarth, Cook/Skeptical Science Win National …

WEBYale Climate Connections is a nonpartisan, multimedia service providing daily broadcast radio programming and original web-based reporting, commentary, and …

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12 books and reports on the COVID-19 pandemic and the long …

WEBCOVID-19 Shakes the World, by Slavoj Zizek (Polity Press 2020, 140 pages, $19.95) We live in a moment when the greatest act of love is to stay distant from the …

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Memo to Climate Scientists: Tweet, Or Not Tweet

WEBYale Climate Connections is a nonpartisan, multimedia service providing daily broadcast radio programming and original web-based reporting, commentary, and …

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Marquee hotels join NYC’s ‘carbon challenge’

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