Communicating Bad News

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Physicians for Social Responsibility. Cooking
the Earth. Physicians for Social Responsibility.
PowerPoint. 2009.
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Cooking the Earth Global Warming Coal
U.S. Affiliate of International Physicians for
the Prevention of Nuclear War
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Coal Then
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Now.
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Coal Pollutants Deadly
Healthy Airway
Inflamed Airway
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Mountaintop Removal Environmental Devastation
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Spill of Post-Combustion WasteDecember 2008
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Coal Global Warming Culprit
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Overall the health effects of a rapidly
changing climate are likely to be overwhelmingly
negative.
World
Health Organization
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The Greenhouse Effect
Source Williams DL. Global Warming The Greatest
Threat. Alaska Conservation Solutions, 2006.
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Type
HFCs, PFCs, SF6 (2.2)
Nitrous Oxide (5.1)
Methane (8.6)
Carbon Dioxide (84.1)
Source Energy Information Administration.
Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United
States 2005.
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Truly A Global Problem
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Worlds Polar Ice Is Melting
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More Heat, Greater Evaporation
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Health Impacts of Global Warming
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European Heat Wave of 2003
Source NASA
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Deteriorating Air Quality
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Heat Dirty Fuels gt Ozone

EPA
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Hurricane Katrina Wake-up Call?
AP
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Rising Sea Levels, Submerging Land
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Extreme Precipitation, Flooding
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Drought in Africa
UN
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Drought in America
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Reduced Flow from Snowpack
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Increased Water-Borne Disease
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Increased Insect-Borne Disease
UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Center for Health and the Global Environment,
Harvard Medical School
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Impacts on Agriculture
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Environmental Refugees
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Choosing a New Energy Path
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Conserving Energy
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Energy Efficiency
Theres no cheaper, cleaner power than power
you dont have to produce. - Gary
Zarker, Seattle City Light
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Smart EnergyPolicies
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Clean Renewable Energy
WIND
SOLAR
GEOTHERMAL
WAVES and TIDES
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MEDICAL EMERGENCY
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Mobilizing Health Professionals
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Code Black campaign at work
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Thank You!
U.S. Affiliate of International Physicians for
the Prevention of Nuclear War
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite
1012Washington, DC 20009www.psr.org