Cooking the Earth Presentation

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

2. Cooking the Earth: Global Warming & Coal U.S. Affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War

3. Coal: Then…

4. … Now.

5. Coal Pollutants: Deadly Healthy Airway Inflamed Airway

6. Mountaintop Removal: Environmental Devastation

7. Spill of Post-Combustion Waste December 2008

8. Coal: Global Warming Culprit

9. “ Overall… the health effects of a rapidly changing climate are likely to be overwhelmingly negative.” World Health Organization

10. The Greenhouse Effect Source: Williams DL. Global Warming: The Greatest Threat . Alaska Conservation Solutions, 2006. Solar energy passes through Radiant heat is trapped Greenhouse gases in atmosphere

11. Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Type Carbon Dioxide (84.1%) Methane (8.6%) Nitrous Oxide (5.1%) HFCs, PFCs, SF 6 (2.2%) Source: Energy Information Administration. Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2005.

13. Truly A Global Problem

14. World’s Polar Ice Is Melting

15. More Heat, Greater Evaporation

16. Health Impacts of Global Warming

17. European Heat Wave of 2003 Source: NASA

18. Deteriorating Air Quality

19. Heat + Dirty Fuels => Ozone EPA

20. Hurricane Katrina: Wake-up Call? AP

21. Rising Sea Levels, Submerging Land

23. Extreme Precipitation, Flooding

24. Drought in Africa UN

25. Drought in America

26. Reduced Flow from Snowpack

27. Increased Water-Borne Disease

28. Increased Insect-Borne Disease UNEP/GRID-Arendal Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School

29. Impacts on Agriculture

30. Environmental Refugees

31. Choosing a New Energy Path

32. Conserving Energy

33. Energy Efficiency “ There’s no cheaper, cleaner power than power you don’t have to produce.” - Gary Zarker, Seattle City Light

34. Smart EnergyPolicies

35. Clean Renewable Energy WIND SOLAR WAVES and TIDES GEOTHERMAL

36. MEDICAL EMERGENCY

37. Mobilizing Health Professionals

39. Code Black campaign at work

40. Thank You! U.S. Affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War 1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1012 Washington, DC 20009 www.psr.org