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Climate change’s threats to human health and life are growing. Will you join our latest effort to roll back climate change?
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) recognizes global warming as one of the most serious public health emergencies of our time. It threatens the health, even the survival, of human beings around the world.
Electricity generation accounts for 40 percent of our nation’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions -- and 80 percent of that comes from burning coal. That means coal-fired power plants generate almost one-third of our total CO2 emissions! Yet despite the deadly threat from these global warming gases, energy companies propose to build more than 100 more coal-fired power plants across the U.S.
PSR is enlisting health professionals in the Code Black campaign to halt new coal-fired power plants. To provide ongoing, updated information, we have created Code Black Alert, where we’ll blog about coal’s dangers to health, its role in global warming, and how the health community is responding.
At least, that’s the plan. Is that what you want to read about?
Thanks! Your input will help make Code Black Alert a valuable tool to inform, inspire and engage the health community.
Barbara Gottlieb
Environment & Health Program Manager
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Climate change’s threats to human health and life are growing. Will you join our latest effort to roll back climate change?
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Hope for a Heated Planet
Author Bob Musil, former PSR executive director and now scholar-in-residence at American University, has written an insightful and informative account about the climate change issue and how it has finally emerged in the public’s mind as a major public health concern. Read more »
Extreme Weather Impacts on Public Health
Dr. Catherine Thomasson's presentation at the Woodrow Wilson Center on April 10, 2013 on the effects of climate change. Read more »
Climate Change Flyer
Handout was developed by writer Bruni Estrada and graphic designer Daniel Pizarro, in collaboration with Mathias Pollock, Program Coordinator - Student PSR. To see more of Daniel's graphic design work visit http://www.danielpizarro.info. Read more »
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