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The Climate and Health Council is a network of health professionals informing and advocating on the health benefits of more sustainable lifestyles and the urgency of addressing climate change.
We take the firm stance that health professionals can, should and must take meaningful action on climate change. By becoming a member, you can learn more, share ideas with colleagues and join the health voice calling for action to protect health from climate change.
Protecting public health is our duty in society. It's what we do best.
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"Paul Anthony" commented on Nell Crowden's Blog "CHC in print: Transparency needed on donors to climate sceptic lobby".
Great article Nell. Well done
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Nell Crowden wrote a new blog: "CHC in print: Transparency needed on donors to climate sceptic lobby".Today The Guardian newspaper printed our letter. Tweet it - like NASA news did! Or email, or get a paper version to read over your morning coffee. Transparency needed on donors to climate sceptic lobby Science is by its nature sceptical: ...
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Aubrey Meyer Ban Ki Moon "Climate Agreement by 2015." "C&C is flexible and fair and reduces disparities." http://www.gci.org.uk/news_January_2012.html1 day ago
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Aubrey Meyer 26 January 2012 - Cabinet Office 10 Downing St. "UK Climate Act is based on C&C Principle." After an effort covering 21 years, to read - at last - this 'acceptance' published on the website of the UK Cabinet Office at No 10 Downing Street, means we have turned a page: - "The primary piece of legislation governing carbon emissions in the UK Climate Act. It is based on the C&C principle. Considering the debacle at COP-15, where HMG attempted to prescribe these rates to the global community, it would make more sense for HMG to go to the UNFCCC negotiations and *negotiate rather than prescribe* these rates." Comment Tags: Negotiate-not-prescribe C&C-rates http://www.redtapechallenge.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/environment/industrial-emissions-and-carbon-reductions/comment-tag/negotiate-not-prescribe-cc-rates/2 days ago
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Nell Crowden wrote a new blog: "UK Health Professionals Support Call for Freedom of Information around Climate Skeptic Funding".
Date: 25th January 2012 Press release: UK Health Professionals Support Call for Freedom of Information around Climate Skeptic Funding Science is by its nature ‘sceptical’: scientists interrogate information and only on repeated ...
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"Aubrey Meyer" commented on Nell Crowden's Blog "The dirty business of Skeptic funding".
Asking Lord Lawson if he agrees that, "C&C is UN Policy" would be good as his colleagues at SPPI say it is, as he has insisted that the response to climate change must be global to be effective: - http://www.gci.org.uk/news.html Are there any ...
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"Aubrey Meyer" commented on Nell Crowden's Blog "The dirty business of Skeptic funding".
It raises the game when Jim Hansen accuses climate-deniers/deceivers [Lawson, SPPI, Heartland etc] of committing crimes against humanity with climate-denial/deceit That said, it was interesting to read that SPPI recently wrote this: - "The ...
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Nell Crowden wrote a new blog: "The dirty business of Skeptic funding".
NASA scientist James Hansen joins the campaign to uncover secret funders bankrolling climate sceptic Lord Lawson and his lobbying think-tank. The public may finally discover who is secretly influencing UK climate policy ...
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Breaking News: California passes landmark rules to curb auto emissions.
27 Jan 2012, 2:00 pmReshaping the next decade of America's auto industry, the California Air Resources Board on Friday approved historic new rules that require 15 percent of new cars sold in California by 2025 run on electricity, hydrogen or other systems producing little ... -
Canada's Harper vows to speed up energy projects.
27 Jan 2012, 2:00 pmCanadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday said the country's capacity to export energy is a national priority and pledged to speed regulatory approval of energy projects—a move that comes as Ottawa struggles with delays over an oil pipeline. -
Feds list First Nations, green groups as 'adversaries' in oil sands PR strategy.
27 Jan 2012, 2:00 pmThe federal government is distancing itself from its own lobbying and public relations campaign to polish the image of Alberta's oil sands, following revelations that an internal strategy document labelled First Nations and environmentalists as ... -
No chance for climate deal unless firms join push: UN.
27 Jan 2012, 2:00 pmThe world has no chance of sealing an emissions cut deal unless companies lobby their governments for an accord, the UN climate chief told the global business elite in Davos on Thursday. -
EPA pushes to reduce impacts of huge West Virginia mountaintop mine project.
27 Jan 2012, 2:00 pmThe Obama administration has again questioned a huge mountaintop removal mine associated with the King Coal Highway - "among the largest single mining projects ever proposed in Appalachia" - and is pressuring state regulators and CONSOL Energy ... -
Climate change advocacy group targets Geoff Fox.
27 Jan 2012, 2:00 pmAs if broadcast meteorologists didn’t have enough pressure to get their forecasts right during the season of ice and snow, an advocacy group is slamming them for denying climate change. -
FirstEnergy closing 6 coal-fired power plants.
27 Jan 2012, 2:00 pmFirstEnergy Corp. said Thursday that new environmental regulations led to a decision to shut down six older, coal-fired power plants in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland, affecting more than 500 employees. -
For the electric car, a slow road to success.
27 Jan 2012, 2:00 pmThe big electric car launches of 2011 failed to generate the consumer excitement that some had predicted. But as new battery technologies emerge and tougher mileage standards kick in, automakers and analysts still believe that electric vehicles have a ... -
Tornado myths tough for forecasters to bust.
27 Jan 2012, 2:00 pm"Folk science" — a community's shared beliefs about how the weather works in their town — is a big challenge to forecasters and meteorologists. With climate change expected to bring more extreme weather in the future, creating ... -
Britain ranks top risks posed by climate change.
27 Jan 2012, 2:00 pmCoastlines, working patterns, and even the country's most famous meal are under threat from climate change, Britain said Thursday in its first-ever national assessment of the likely risks.