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World Resources Institute, The Hidden Benefits of Climate Policy: Reducing Fossil Fuel Use Saves Lives Now
| Date: | 17 July 2001 |
| Description: | Much of the debate over global climate policy misses one basic point: The same activities that will eventually threaten the earth's climate also threaten human health today. The combustion of fossil fuels poses a double jeopardy. It produces carbon dioxide and other gases, which contribute to the gaseous greenhouse that warms the earth, and it releases fine air-borne particles, which can make people sick and damage their lungs.
The first study ever to look at the global short-term health impact of fossil fuel consumption projects significant consequences for people's health and mortality worldwide.
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| Type: | Website |
| URL: | http://www.wri.org/health/ghg_text.html |
| Date entered: | 2002-07-12 |
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