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White House: Climate Action to Save Thousands of Lives
[An Nahar] The White House said Friday proposed US action against climate change would save thousands of lives by reducing asthma, heat-related illnesses and other health hazards.Less than a week after President Barack Obama Republicans can come along for the ride, but they've got to sit in the back... laid out his most ambitious moves yet to reduce carbon emissions blamed for climate change, his administration spelled out what it said was a public health argument for taking action. A White House report estimated that action on climate change would eliminate 2,700 to 6,600 premature deaths by 2030, as well as 150,000 asthma attacks, 3,300 heart attacks and 310,000 lost work days. "We have a moral obligation to leave our children a planet that's not irrevocably polluted or damaged. The effects of climate change are already being felt across the nation," the report said. It said the percentage of Americans with asthma has doubled over the past three decades, partially as a result of climate change as rising temperatures increase ground-level ozone. Posted by: Fred 2014-06-08 |
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