Health advocates urge EPA [climate swindle] regulation - The Hill's Healthwatch

Labeling climate change "a serious public health issue," more than 100 leading health advocates called on Washington policymakers this week to allow the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

The advocates — including 18 national public health organizations, 66 state-based groups and dozens of individual medical experts — urged lawmakers to "recognize the threat to public health posed by climate change and to support measures that will reduce these risks."

"In order to prepare for changes already under way, it is essential to strengthen our public health system so it is able to protect our communities from the health effects of heat waves, wildfires, floods, droughts, infectious diseases, and other events," the advocates wrote Tuesday to House, Senate and White House policymakers. "But we must also address the root of the problem, which means reducing the emissions that contribute to climate change."

Endorsing the letter were the American College of Preventive Medicine, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Lung Association and the American Medical Association, among a long list of others.

Durbin says energy legislation in lame-duck a 'long shot' - The Hill's E2-Wire

Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) Tuesday threw cold water on suggestions that the Senate would respond legislatively to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill or take up a renewable power mandate during a post-election lame-duck session.

“There are many choices and most of them are controversial, so to think that we could do them quickly in a lame-duck is a long shot,” Durbin said. “I think it is when you just look at the limited time and the three major issues that we face, not to mention many other issues in the second tier.”

Daily Monitor:  - Why tobacco farmers grow trees on the sides:

Although Sam Assera, a tobacco grower in Bulyango, Kitooba Sub-county in Hoima District doesn’t need wood fuel to cure his crop, he has taken up tree growing purposely to deal with climate change.