Studies Find That Tackling Climate Change Can Prevent Deaths Worldwide; Doctors Launch Climate Change, Health Group

A series of studies, published in a recent special issue of the journal Lancet, finds that policies aimed at addressing climate change could also improve the health of people worldwide, the Associated Press reports. “Slashing carbon dioxide emissions could save millions of lives, mostly by reducing preventable deaths from heart and lung diseases, according to” the research. The AP continues, “Global and U.S. health officials unveiled the results as they pushed for health issues to take a more prominent role at upcoming climate change negotiations in Copenhagen” (Borenstein, 11/26)…

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