Medical Fact Database

“Air Pollution and Health.” Center for Climate Health and Equity, University of California, 31 Aug. 2021, https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Air-Pollution-and-Health.html?soid=1137066890641&aid=dfMtBm00Vtw.

Amartey, Pj. “Coal Plants Drop off the Map - Ohio Citizen Action 2019.” Ohio Citizen Action, 10 Feb. 2015, https://www.ohiocitizen.org/coal_plants_drop_off_the_map.

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“CCHE's First Newsletter: The Health Impacts of Heat.” Center for Climate Health and Equity, University of California, 17 Aug. 2021, https://myemail.constantcontact.com/CCHE-s-First-Newsletter--The-Health-Impacts-of-Heat.html?soid=1137066890641&aid=TJJKywpPq2w.

Clean Air Task Force, 2010, The Toll From Coal, https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/21094102/CATF_Pub_TheTollFromCoal.pdf. Accessed Nov. 2021.

“Climate Change and Health.” World Health Organization, World Health Organization, 31 Oct. 2021, https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/climate-change-and-health.

Collins, Amy, et al. “Climate, Health Care, and the Race to Zero: An Urgent Call to Action.” The Journal of Climate Change and Health, 2021, p. 100050., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2021.100050.

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“The IPCC Report.” Center for Climate Health and Equity, University of California, 15 Sept. 2021, https://myemail.constantcontact.com/The-IPCC-Report.html?soid=1137066890641&aid=gECPy2tpkMo.

“Issue 5: The Health Argument for Climate Action.” Center for Climate Health and Equity, University of California, 3 Nov. 2021, https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Issue-5--The-Health-Argument-for-Climate-Action.html?soid=1137066890641&aid=XNqnahY4Acw.

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Kowalski, Kathiann M., and Energy News Network November 2 Kathiann M. Kowalski. “Ohio's Solar Project Queue on Pace to Surpass Coal Capacity This Decade.” Energy News Network, 8 Nov. 2021, https://energynews.us/2021/11/02/ohios-solar-project-queue-on-pace-to-surpass-coal-capacity-this-decade/.

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“Wildfires and Health.” Center for Climate Health and Equity, University of California, 6 Oct. 2021, https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Wildfires-and-Health.html?soid=1137066890641&aid=OJEOOtBklbE.

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