Jul 21 2008
EPA Quietly Releases Report on Health Impacts of Climate Change
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Last week a government agency released a report concluding that climate change will pose “substantial” threats to human health in the coming decades. What was striking about the report was not its conclusion, which is hardly news, rather the quiet manner in which the report was released and its recommendation to do essentially nothing. The …
Last week a government agency released a report concluding that climate change will pose “substantial” threats to human health in the coming decades. What was striking about the report was not its conclusion, which is hardly news, rather the quiet manner in which the report was released and its recommendation to do essentially nothing. The …
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