Physicians for Social Responsibility. “Cooking the Earth.” Physicians for Social Responsibility. PowerPoint. 2009.

Cooking the Earth:

Global Warming & Coal

U.S. Affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War

Coal: Then…
…Now.
Coal Pollutants: Deadly

Healthy Airway Inflamed Airway

 Mountaintop Removal:
Environmental Devastation
Spill of Post-Combustion
Waste
December 2008
Coal: Global Warming
Culprit
“Overall… the health
effects of a rapidly
changing climate are
likely to be
overwhelmingly
World Health Organization
negative.”
The Greenhouse Effect

Greenhouse gases in
atmosphere
Solar energy passes
through

Radiant
heat is trapped

Source: Williams DL. Global Warming: The Greatest Threat. Alaska

Conservation Solutions, 2006.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions By
Type
Nitrous Oxide HFCs, PFCs, SF6 (2.2%)
(5.1%)

Methane
(8.6%) Carbon
Dioxide
(84.1%)

Source: Energy Information Administration. Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2005.
Truly A Global Problem
World’s Polar Ice Is
Melting
More Heat, Greater
Evaporation
Health Impacts of Global
Warming
European Heat Wave of
2003

Source: NASA
Deteriorating Air Quality
 Heat + Dirty Fuels =>
Ozone

EPA
Hurricane Katrina: Wake-
up Call?

AP
Rising Sea Levels,
Submerging Land
Extreme Precipitation,
Flooding
Drought in Africa

UN
Drought in America
Reduced Flow from
Snowpack
Increased Water-Borne
Disease
Increased Insect-Borne
Disease

UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
Impacts on Agriculture
Environmental Refugees
Choosing a New Energy
Path
Conserving Energy
Energy Efficiency

“There’s no cheaper, cleaner power

than power you don’t have to produce.”
- Gary Zarker, Seattle City Light
Smart EnergyPolicies
Clean Renewable Energy
WIND

SOLAR
GEOTHERMAL

WAVES
and
TIDES
MEDICAL EMERGENCY
Mobilizing Health
Professionals
Code Black campaign at
work
 Thank You!

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