Climate Change is Harming Our Health
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Tens of thousands of deaths linked to weak US air pollution rules
The Guardian
The research finds that 99% of deaths from illnesses linked to a certain type of air pollution occur in people who are exposed to lower levels than the EPA currently deems acceptable.
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Some Communities are Being Harmed First and Worst
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American Climate
InsideClimate News
This new project shares 21 striking videos and essays of the Americans whose lives have already been deeply impacted by climate change.
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Climate Solutions are Health Solutions
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How Portland is building equity into its climate planning
Fast Company
The city’s people of color and low-income residents are the ones on the frontlines of climate change. The city’s climate action manager explains how the city is working to make climate plans that protect them.
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‘We need to act fast’: Statewide forum focuses on climate solutions for Arizona
AZ Central
400 people from across Arizona gathered earlier this November to brainstorm solutions for reducing planet-warming pollution and preparing for a hotter, drier future.
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In King County, Washington, human waste is a climate solution
“Every year we provide the equivalent of taking about 8,000 cars off the road,” said Cat Gowan, a biosolids project manager in the county’s wastewater treatment division.
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Sisolak signs order to combat climate change in Nevada
Las Vegas Review-Journal
The order directs state agencies to work with other public agencies, the private sector and tribal governments to come up with a set of recommendations of how the state can reduce carbon pollution.
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Green Spaces in Cities Seem to Lower People's Risk of Dying, According to Huge Study
Newsweek
The data from Canada, the U.S. Switzerland, China, Spain, Australia and Italy showed that the more greenness there was around a home, the less likely residents were to die early of any cause.
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Branford, Connecticut, sets up fund to pay for costs of climate change
Yale Climate Connections
The money could be used for repairing flooded bridges, elevating houses, improving stormwater drainage, and more.
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Minneapolis fund recognizes efforts to fight climate change
Star Tribune
A Minneapolis fund capped off its first year of awarding grants with recognition of three community organizations for their creative efforts to counter climate change.
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How Los Angeles plans to get hundreds of thousands of people out of cars
Fast Company
Partners released the Zero Emissions 2028 Roadmap 2.0, a plan that outlines how the region can drastically cut transit emissions by 2028 to address both climate change and the health impacts of smog. Convincing Angelenos to drive less is a key part of the plan.
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Renewables could cut power generation health impact by 80 percent
Phys.org
They found that a scenario where the majority of energy is derived from solar and wind power could cut adverse health effects from electricity production by 80 percent compared with our current fossil-heavy economies.
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Introducing the final Health and Climate Solutions project: The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. With sea level rising and the permafrost melting in Alaska, coastal villages are sinking into the ocean and the shifting land is causing water and sewage pipes to break. In response, ANTHC developed an individual household water purification and sanitation system.
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The National Climate Assessment (NCA) is hosting a webinar series on climate change in the Southeast U.S. The upcoming webinar on Thursday, December 5th from 12PM - 1PM is on "Economic and Health Risks for Rural Communities" in the Southeast. Dr. Kristin Dow from the University of South Carolina will present.
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