Dr Misha Rosenbach on the Relationship Between Climate Change and Medicine – AJMC.com Managed Markets Network
Climate change and health care are important topics, because a changing climate impacts every organ system of the body, individual patients, and population-based health, noted Misha Rosenbach, MD, associate professor of dermatology and internal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania…
Biden’s Earth Day Summit Aims for Reset on Climate Change – Voice of America
A “coming-out party for the United States on climate change.” That’s how University of Maryland Center for Global Sustainability Director Nathan Hultman describes the virtual summit President Joe Biden is hosting with dozens of world leaders April 22-23. After four…
How Overreliance On Wind And Solar Fed Texas’s Power Outages
When the lights went out in Texas earlier this year, corporate media and the left swiftly developed a narrative and stuck to it: Texas failed because it didn’t regulate enough and it wasn’t part of the national grid. This storyline…
CALIFORNIA: Clean car revolution hits roadblocks
Clean car sales in California would need to explode over the next decade to meet the state’s goal of phasing out gasoline engines, say lawmakers and auto experts.
WHITE HOUSE: U.S. will use trade to pressure countries on climate
President Biden will make climate action a pillar of U.S. trade agreements in an effort to push other countries to enforce environmental rules, a top administration official said yesterday.
POLITICS: Carbon pricing refuses to go away
A socialist senator held a hearing yesterday where almost everyone praised market-based climate policy.
Literature Review: Synthetic Turf carbon footprint, environmental, health, microplastics and biodiversity impacts
Hosken Reserve: grass oval used for soccer training, informal reacreation, off-lead dog exercise (Photo by John Englart) Abstract: The conversion of a grass oval to synthetic turf at Hosken Reserve, Coburg North, is about a failure in transparency and consultation…
DOE: Granholm talks climate, grid and ‘slighted’ scientists
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm pledged yesterday to follow the guidance of her department’s scientists, saying some at the DOE laboratories had felt “ignored or attacked or slighted” during the Trump administration.
POLITICS: White House says climate summit isn’t for deal-making
President Biden’s virtual climate summit next week won’t be a place for deal-making, according to the White House.
Annotated Bibliography: Synthetic Turf and Climate, health, biodiversity and microplastics pollution issues
Increasing use of synthetic surfaces and synthetic turf is problematic for Several reasons. Synthetic turf is: Derived from fossil fuel petrochemical industry Produces greenhouse gas emissions during manufacturing and as it degrades Increases landfill at end of life Produces micro-plastic…
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