Cooking The Earth P Pt, Final, July 2009
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Physicians for Social Responsibility. “Cooking the Earth.” Physicians for Social Responsibility. PowerPoint. 2009.
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Cooking the Earth: Cooking the Earth: Global Warming & Coal Global Warming & Coal
U.S. Affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
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Coal: Then…Coal: Then…
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……Now.Now.
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Coal Pollutants: DeadlyCoal Pollutants: Deadly
Healthy Airway Inflamed Airway
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Mountaintop Removal: Mountaintop Removal: Environmental DevastationEnvironmental Devastation
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Spill of Post-Combustion Spill of Post-Combustion WasteWaste
December 2008December 2008
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Coal: Global Warming Coal: Global Warming CulpritCulprit
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““Overall… the health Overall… the health effects of a rapidly effects of a rapidly changing climate are changing climate are likely to be likely to be overwhelmingly overwhelmingly negative.” negative.” World Health Organization
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The Greenhouse EffectThe Greenhouse Effect
Solar energy passes through
Radiant heat is trapped
Greenhouse gases in atmosphere
Source: Williams DL. Global Warming: The Greatest Threat. Alaska Conservation Solutions, 2006.
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Greenhouse Gas Emissions By TypeType
Carbon Dioxide (84.1%)
Methane (8.6%)
Nitrous Oxide (5.1%)
HFCs, PFCs, SF6 (2.2%)
Source: Energy Information Administration. Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2005.
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Truly A Global ProblemTruly A Global Problem
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World’s Polar Ice Is World’s Polar Ice Is MeltingMelting
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More Heat, Greater More Heat, Greater EvaporationEvaporation
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Health Impacts of Global Health Impacts of Global WarmingWarming
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European Heat Wave of European Heat Wave of 20032003
Source: NASA
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Deteriorating Air QualityDeteriorating Air Quality
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Heat + Dirty Fuels => Heat + Dirty Fuels => OzoneOzone
EPA
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Hurricane Katrina: Wake-Hurricane Katrina: Wake-up Call?up Call?
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Rising Sea Levels, Rising Sea Levels, Submerging LandSubmerging Land
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Extreme Precipitation, Extreme Precipitation, FloodingFlooding
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Drought in AfricaDrought in Africa
UN
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Drought in AmericaDrought in America
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Reduced Flow from Reduced Flow from SnowpackSnowpack
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Increased Water-Borne Increased Water-Borne DiseaseDisease
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Increased Insect-Borne Increased Insect-Borne DiseaseDisease
UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
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Impacts on AgricultureImpacts on Agriculture
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Environmental RefugeesEnvironmental Refugees
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Choosing a New Energy Choosing a New Energy PathPath
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Conserving Energy Conserving Energy
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Energy EfficiencyEnergy Efficiency
“There’s no cheaper, cleaner power than power you don’t have to produce.”
- Gary Zarker, Seattle City Light
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Smart EnergyPoliciesSmart EnergyPolicies
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Clean Renewable EnergyClean Renewable EnergyWIND
SOLAR
WAVES and
TIDES
GEOTHERMAL
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MEDICAL EMERGENCYMEDICAL EMERGENCY
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Mobilizing Health Mobilizing Health ProfessionalsProfessionals
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Code Black campaign at Code Black campaign at workwork
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Thank You!Thank You!
U.S. Affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1012Washington, DC 20009
www.psr.org