economy-health, Tag

From Eurekalert Public Release: 8-Aug-2017 George Washington University WASHINGTON, DC (Aug. 8, 2017) — Pregnant women are an important but thus far largely overlooked group vulnerable to the effects of extreme heat...

From The Toronto Sun First posted: Saturday, July 15, 2017 07:42 PM EDT | Updated: Saturday, July 15, 2017 07:46 PM EDT No kids, no cars, no meat, no flying! And even that won’t save you from man-made climate change...

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Elon Musk’s Tesla shares have plunged in value this week. Analysts cite competition and production concerns. Tesla’s Stock Selloff Messes Up Musk’s Big Week By Dana Hull 8 July...

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Green bonds – corporate borrowing to help finance improved energy efficiency, renewables, and other fashionable environmental activities, appear to be a growing trend...

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Once again global business leaders at Davos have gone off narrative, by failing to identify “climate change” as their number one priority; instead voicing concerns about “over...

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Volkswagen share prices have risen sharply in the last few days, apparently on the back of news that Volkswagen was already negotiating a settlement with the EPA, over the rigging of Volkswagen...

From the THE EARTH INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY and the “we need a task force and more money” department comes this ridiculous pandering claim...

Guest essay by Indur M. Goklany The recent Papal Encyclical on the environment’s endorsement of “changes of lifestyle, production and consumption, in order to combat…warming,” and drastic reductions in carbon dioxide...

From UMEA UNIVERSITY Climate change could risk progress in health — or be a global health opportunity The threat climate change poses to human health is possibly so great that it could wipe out health progress over...

From the DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory What began as a chat between husband and wife has evolved into an intriguing scientific discovery. The results, published in May in BMJ (formerly British Medical Journal) Open,...

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Two contradictory medical press releases have been issued within days of each other, concerning the impact of climate change on health...

A regular green claim is that, for the sake of the planet, we can’t afford any more economic growth. How many times have you heard something like the following: The other tough reality demanding more honest business...

h/t James Delingpole – The New York Times reports that the developing world is abandoning green tainted US backed global banking institutions, and is looking to China for infrastructure finance...

Guest essay by Eric Worrall President Obama’s economic advisors have just blamed the faltering performance of the US economy this year on cold winter weather – just like they did last year...

By Indur M. Goklany It is well known that the risk of mortality increases at both the high and low ends of the temperature range experienced by a particular population.[1],[2],[3] Therefore, there should be a temperature...