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| White House: Climate Action to Save Thousands of Lives |
| 2014-06-08 |
| [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 |
| #9 No you don't. NO. |
| Posted by: newc 2014-06-08 22:38 |
| #8 I'll pass the word, gentlemen. Thanks! As I don't suffer seasonal allergies myself, I have no experience to draw on in this area. She did take Mucinex-DM this morning. So the pain is gone, but she's flying high -- and in the family tradition not enjoying it one bit, as it screws up her writing. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-08 14:59 |
| #7 Agree with Abu. If you sinuses are a problem keeping you head 'upright' definitely helps. But then I suspect you already knew that. As for this proposal, soon to be an Inperial Edict no doubt, it will cost far more loss of jobs than vaporlives saved. But that's how bamma-boy [Obama] rolls I guess. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-06-08 11:36 |
| #6 What? Crabs, STDs, VD, Aids, a piss-poor economy, and a loser president are not caused by climate change? Enough to make one skeptical. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-06-08 11:08 |
| #5 tw, if she has sinus problems she should sit up so that her head is elevated. Lying down will only make it worse. Take it from someone who has been there. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2014-06-08 10:36 |
| #4 It will savesome lives and cost others. Mankind got where it is by being adaptable - we'd best just adapt some more. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-06-08 08:18 |
| #3 The proles will always need a crisis. And what better and more enduring crisis than one created by an overabundance of proles. Warfare is so constant in Oceania that one war blends with another. ~ 1984 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-06-08 06:56 |
| #2 Trailing daughter #1 spent yesterday lying wanly on the couch like a Victorian heroine from sinus pain yesterday, after the coldest winter in a century, or therabouts. We'll risk warming, thanks. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-08 06:47 |
| #1 The man thinks I'm an idiot. I'll take my chances. |
| Posted by: gorb 2014-06-08 02:57 |