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Ahead of power plant push, Obama ties climate change to health hazards
2014-05-31 12:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama kicked off a campaign to promote new restrictions on U.S. power plant emissions on Saturday by tying the fight against climate change with efforts to promote better health for children and the elderly. In his weekly radio address, Obama said the United States had to do more to reduce carbon emissions so that children suffering from asthma and other related ailments did not face further problems as a result of polluted air. His argument was a preview of the case that his...
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Obama pushes health benefits climate plan to cut power plant emissions
2014-05-31 07:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama talked up the health benefits of his climate plan on Saturday, saying cuts to carbon pollution would reduce asthma attacks by 100,000 and heart attacks by 2,100 just in the first year. The president, speaking in his weekly address, said cutting carbon pollution from the country's power plants would avoid a growing health threat to the most vulnerable Americans, children and the elderly. We dont have to choose between the health of our economy and the health of our children,...
Aiming head off opposition, Obama casts new power plant rules as critical public health
2014-05-31 07:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newstalk 1010: As governors, businesses and environmentalists brace for new limits on power plant pollution, President Barack Obama is casting his unprecedented effort to curb greenhouse gases as essential to protect the health and wellbeing of children. "I refuse to condemn our children to a planet that's beyond fixing," Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address released Saturday. His administration is bringing forward the first carbon pollution limits on existing U.S. power plants on Monday, the...
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Health insurance model must evolve
2014-05-31 05:05:30| Logistics - Topix.net
This week, the American Society of Clinical Oncology celebrates its 50th anniversary, and the group will observe how a half-century of innovation has enabled doctors and their patients to dramatically improve cancer survival rates since its first meeting.
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US: Soft drinks health warning law moves step closer
2014-05-30 13:23:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
A bill that calls on sugary soft drinks to carry a health warning label moved closer to becoming Californian law yesterday after it passed the state senate.
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