Cooking The Earth P Pt, Final, July 2009
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The document summarizes the health impacts of global warming and coal usage. It discusses how coal is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. It then outlines some of the negative health effects of global warming, including more frequent extreme weather events, worsening air quality, rising sea levels, droughts and flooding, as well as increased water and insect-borne diseases. The document concludes by advocating for transitioning to cleaner and renewable energy sources in order to address global warming and its public health impacts.
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Global warming is caused by human activities like burning fossil fuels that increase greenhouse gas emissions, trapping heat in the atmosphere and increasing Earth's temperatures. This can impact human health by changing disease patterns and severity. While global warming occurs naturally, human activities are accelerating the process and causing problems like more extreme weather, rising sea levels, and ocean acidification that threaten coastal communities and marine life. Addressing global warming requires reducing greenhouse gas emissions through alternatives to fossil fuels and more sustainable practices.
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This document discusses climate change, providing definitions, evidence that it is occurring, and actions individuals can take to address it. It defines climate change as the long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns due to greenhouse gases. Evidence provided includes rising greenhouse gas levels and their link to global temperatures over hundreds of thousands of years, as well as multiple signs of warming in the environment. The document also notes there is a scientific consensus that climate change poses risks and is largely human-caused, as supported by statements from scientific organizations. Finally, it recommends individual actions to reduce emissions and energy usage, choose renewable options, limit waste and transportation fuel, and support political and nonprofit climate solutions.
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Global warming is caused by human emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane. The evidence of global warming includes rising surface temperatures, extreme weather events, and melting glaciers and sea ice. If emissions are not reduced, global warming will have severe consequences like rising sea levels, worsening droughts and floods, and disrupted ecosystems. Individuals and governments need to take action by reducing emissions through changes like using renewable energy and fuel-efficient vehicles.
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Global warming is caused by increased greenhouse gases from human use of fossil fuels and deforestation, trapping heat in the atmosphere. This is causing polar ice caps and glaciers to melt, raising sea levels and threatening wildlife. Other effects include more frequent and intense hurricanes, droughts, wildfires, and spread of diseases as climates change. To address global warming, alternatives to fossil fuels like solar, wind and water power must be adopted, and individual actions taken to reduce carbon footprints.
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- Actions to mitigate and build resilience to climate change can have significant public health co-benefits, such as reduced air pollution and increased physical activity. However, some interventions may also cause unintended health harms or increase inequities if not implemented carefully.
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Global warming is a gradual increase in the Earth's temperature caused by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities like burning fossil fuels. These greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, trap heat in the atmosphere and increase global temperatures over time. While some dispute the impact of human activity on climate change, scientific evidence shows a clear relationship between rising CO2 levels and increased surface and atmospheric temperatures globally over the past 50-100 years. Understanding global warming requires analyzing it from different perspectives, including religious views on humanity's role as stewards of the environment.
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Cooking The Earth P Pt, Final, July 2009
- 1. Physicians for Social Responsibility. “Cooking the Earth.” Physicians for Social Responsibility. PowerPoint. 2009.
- 2. Cooking the Earth: Global Warming & Coal U.S. Affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
- 3. Coal: Then…
- 4. … Now.
- 5. Coal Pollutants: Deadly Healthy Airway Inflamed Airway
- 6. Mountaintop Removal: Environmental Devastation
- 7. Spill of Post-Combustion Waste December 2008
- 8. Coal: Global Warming Culprit
- 9. “ Overall… the health effects of a rapidly changing climate are likely to be overwhelmingly negative.” World Health Organization
- 10. The Greenhouse Effect Source: Williams DL. Global Warming: The Greatest Threat . Alaska Conservation Solutions, 2006. Solar energy passes through Radiant heat is trapped Greenhouse gases in atmosphere
- 11. Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Type Carbon Dioxide (84.1%) Methane (8.6%) Nitrous Oxide (5.1%) HFCs, PFCs, SF 6 (2.2%) Source: Energy Information Administration. Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2005.
- 13. Truly A Global Problem
- 14. World’s Polar Ice Is Melting
- 15. More Heat, Greater Evaporation
- 16. Health Impacts of Global Warming
- 17. European Heat Wave of 2003 Source: NASA
- 19. Heat + Dirty Fuels => Ozone EPA
- 20. Hurricane Katrina: Wake-up Call? AP
- 21. Rising Sea Levels, Submerging Land
- 24. Drought in Africa UN
- 26. Reduced Flow from Snowpack
- 28. Increased Insect-Borne Disease UNEP/GRID-Arendal Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
- 31. Choosing a New Energy Path
- 33. Energy Efficiency “ There’s no cheaper, cleaner power than power you don’t have to produce.” - Gary Zarker, Seattle City Light
- 35. Clean Renewable Energy WIND SOLAR WAVES and TIDES GEOTHERMAL
- 39. Code Black campaign at work
- 40. Thank You! U.S. Affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War 1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1012 Washington, DC 20009 www.psr.org