Showing posts with label methane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label methane. Show all posts
Oct 10, 2014
Benishek Says His Medical Background Qualifies Him To Deny Climate Change, AMA Disagrees
Tell Benishek to keep up to date on the medical literature!
GOP Congressman [Dan Benishek] Says His Medical Background Qualifies Him To Deny Climate ChangeShadee Ashtari shadee.ashtari@huffingtonpost.com
Posted: 10/09/2014 3:36 pm EDT Updated: 10/09/2014 3:59 pm EDT
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| Dan Benishek |
While more and more Republican candidates evade the questions about climate change by claiming they’re “not a scientist,” Rep. Dan Benishek (R-Mich.) says his medical background qualifies him to reject the overwhelming consensus among climate scientists that emissions from human activity are causing the planet to heat up.
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Health is inextricably linked to climate change
Climate Change Challenges and Opportunities for Global Health
American Medical Association Special Communication | September 22, 2014
Jonathan A. Patz, MD, MPH; Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH; Tracey Holloway, PhD; Daniel J. Vimont, PhD; Andrew Haines, MBBS, MD
JAMA. Published online September 22, 2014.
Health is inextricably linked to climate change. It is important for clinicians to understand this relationship in order to discuss associated health risks with their patients and to inform public policy.
Jul 10, 2014
MDEQ HOLDING PUBLIC HEARINGS ON NEW DRAFT FRACKING RULES
If you are concerned about Fracking in Michigan - then we need you to speak out now!
The MDEQ is now accepting comments on their new draft rules for hydraulic fracturing. The comment period ends on Thursday July 31. There are two public hearings - one in Gaylord on Tuesday July 15, and one in Lansing on July 16. Both are from 6:30-9:30PM. Details are in the official Public Notice here: http://www.michigan.gov/
We need as many people as possible to attend these two hearings, and tell the DEQ:
"These new rules don't make fracking any safer for Michigan; our air, water and communities are still at risk, and MDEQ needs to go much much further to protect us, or just stop allowing fracking."
Would you be willing to go to one of the hearings, and help us to share that message?
Won't you please join us? Our attendance at these two hearings are one of the most direct ways we'll ever have of winning any positive changes in Michigan having to do with extracting fossil fuels. If you live in an area of Michigan that has been subjected to new extreme hydraulic fracturing for natural gas or oil, then you have important input for the DEQ on their proposed rules. Who better than you to tell them what it's like to live near one of these places?
If you have any questions at all, let me know at rita.chapman@sierraclub.org.
Thank you, I hope to hear from you!
Rita Chapman
Sierra Club Michigan Chapter
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