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Climate Change and Health

WEBClimate change is one of the most serious public health threats facing the nation, but few people are aware of how its impacts—from deadly heat waves and …

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Climate Change and Health: Air Quality

WEBThe interactive map explores how climate change threatens our health in a fundamental way—through the air we breathe. Analyzing data from counties across the country, we …

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Climate Change and Health: Extreme Heat

WEBClimate change threatens our health by warming the planet, exposing us to a range of heat-related illnesses. About two-thirds of Americans—nearly 210 million—live in areas with a …

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Healthy, Climate-Resilient Homes for All: Centering Housing

WEBHowever, the built environment is also home to long-standing inequities in housing quality for systematically marginalized communities, which contribute to health …

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How Healthy Is America’s Public Health Infrastructure

WEBThe author cites figures from a 2019 paper published in the American Journal of Public Health showing that our country’s investment in public health is …

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Report: Health Costs from Climate Change and Fossil Fuel

WEBWASHINGTON – The staggering, often-overlooked financial costs to our health from fossil-fuel generated air pollution and climate change surpass $820 billion in …

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Air Pollution: Everything You Need to Know

WEBA number of air pollutants pose severe health risks and can sometimes be fatal, even in small amounts. Almost 200 of them are regulated by law; some of the most …

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Climate Change and State-Level Health Impacts

WEBClimate change is altering seasonal patterns, making our summers hotter, and fueling increased flooding from coastal storms. As a result, we face more heat-related illnesses, …

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What Is the Air Quality Index

WEBThe AQI is a scale that provides real-time information on the amount of pollution in the air. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed the …

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FACT SHEET FOOD MATTERS

WEBPage 2 NRDC: A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO REDUCING FOOD WASTE NRDC establish baseline estimates of how much food is wasted. This has helped cities overcome a …

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Separating Fact from Fiction: Setting the Record Straight on New …

WEBDon’t be fooled by the fossil-fueled campaigns to delay climate progress. The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act is New York State’s chance for a …

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Sea Level Rise 101: The Causes, Effects, and Responses

WEBSea level rise, as the name implies, is an increase in the total volume of ocean water. It results from the addition of melting glaciers and polar ice sheets, as well …

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Bill Passes to Power Up Colorado

WEBSenate Bill 218 passes to ensure Colorado’s utilities meet growing customer demand for electric cars, trucks, homes, and appliances.

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Colorado Legislative Roundup: 2024

WEBThe 2024 Colorado legislative session was an active one, including a resurgence of the “oil and gas wars” and a subsequent truce, unprecedented momentum …

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Water Pollution Definition

WEBWater pollution occurs when harmful substances—often chemicals or microorganisms—contaminate a stream, river, lake, ocean, aquifer, or other body of …

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New Brief: Creating Healthy Resilient Homes & Reducing GHGs

WEBKaren Tapia cools off her daughter Jessalyn by a window with fan running on high because her home does not have A/C during a heatwave on Wednesday, Sept. …

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Legislation to Stop the Pebble Mine Is Introduced

WEBDrilling on public lands, mass wildlife extinctions, worsening climate change—our planet is in crisis. Help us fight back and your gift will be matched $1 for $1.

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Newark’s drinking water

WEBNewark’s drinking water. 1. September 13, 2017. Via E-mail to: Ras J. Baraka Mayor, City of Newark City Hall, 920 Broad Street Newark, NJ 07102 …

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NRDC Document Bank: lan_11031801a.pdf

WEBMr. Christopher O. Ward Page 2 of 3 March 17, 2011 in the region.1 The analysis encompassed a variety of expansion projects and operational improvements at the …

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Potential Exposure-Related Human Health Effects of Oil and …

WEBA Health Impact Assessment is an appropriate framework for relating exposure assessment to community health data and for making recommendations to …

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NRDC: Protect Your Family from the Hidden Hazards in Air …

WEBMeanwhile, consumers should be aware that the pretty label and sweet scent may mask something much less pleasant. Gina Solomon, m.D., m.P.H., Senior ScientiSt, nrDc. For …

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