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Health Effects of Global Warming & Coal

Learn about the detrimental effects of global warming and coal consumption on human health and the environment. Explore how rising temperatures, extreme weather events, wildfires, declining snowpack, and pollution are impacting our world. Discover the link between coal, mercury poisoning, ozone pollution, and the spread of infectious diseases. Find out how energy efficiency, wind, and solar power can be sustainable alternatives to combatting these issues.

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Health Effects of Global Warming & Coal

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  1. Health Effects ofGlobal Warming & Coal

  2. “Overall…the health effects of a rapidly changing climate are likely to be overwhelmingly negative.” – World Health Organization

  3. Turning up the Heat! 14.4°F 10.8°F +3.5°F (1.6-5.2) 7.2°F +2.2°F (1.1-3.4) 3.6°F 2000 2020 2040 2060 2080 2100

  4. California Heat Wave 2006 • Daytime temperatures >100°F for two weeks • Record night time highs • > 1 million without electricity • Death toll estimates 150-450 • ~16,000 excess ER visits and 1,000 excess hospitalizations • 25,000 cattle and 700,000 chickens died

  5. Hydrologic Cycle: Floods UN Millennium Ecosystem assessment

  6. Hydrologic Cycle: Drought

  7. Wildfire OSU

  8. Rising Seas

  9. Effect on Cascades Snowpack • Temp in the Northwest 2 deg F hotter since 1970 • Up to 25% reduction in snowpack in Cascades since 1930’s. Expect 50-70% loss by 2050. • Stream flow reductions • Loss of snowpack affects tourism, skiing, drinking water, irrigation and electricity production in summer www.vhtr.org

  10. Global Warming Refugees

  11. Spreading Infectious Disease: Malaria UNEP/GRID-Arendal Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School

  12. Heat + Dirty Fuels => Ozone Source: EPA EPA

  13. Deteriorating Air Quality: Ozone Healthy Airway Inflamed Airway

  14. Coal: A Leading Cause of Global Warming

  15. Mercury: Poisoning waters, fish… and us Fish Advisories Where you Live

  16. Fine Particulate Matter: Invisible and Deadly

  17. Energy Efficiency “There’s no cheaper, cleaner power than power you don’t have to produce.” - Gary Zarker, Seattle City Light

  18. Wind Energy

  19. Solar Energy

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