Editorials & Opinion | Climate-change [fraud] action picks up on three fronts | Seattle Times Newspaper

Purposeful activity by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire indicate the momentum that has replaced debate on climate change.

THE climate-change debate has never lacked for passion and energy, but it has remained, despite various fits and starts, a debate. Until now.

Northwest Herald | Group to discuss global warming

CARY – A “Global Warming: Changing CO2urse” discussion group will gather on four consecutive Wednesday nights in June.

Pure barking madness: WHO urges hospitals to join climate change battle | Green Business | Reuters

By Katie Reid GENEVA (Reuters) - Hospitals and their emergency vehicles, which are major polluters, must join the fight against climate change, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

"The health sector can contribute a lot to reduce the carbon footprint because the health sector in many countries is the second most important user and energy consumption is very high," Maria Neira, director of the WHO's department of public health and environment, told a news briefing.

The amount of energy produced by hospitals and healthcare centers is contributing to a growing number of asthma cases and more respiratory illness as well as a higher number of emergency hospital visits, a WHO report published on Friday showed.

"There is also evidence that the health sector's energy use and resulting toxic emissions undermine the health of the very communities the sector is meant to serve," it said.