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Joint Center Convenes Experts on 'Climate Change, Human Health and the Well-Being of Vulnerable Communities'

WASHINGTON, July 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Climate change is predicted to...
Politics Slowing Progress on New Energy Policy

Politics will slow immediate substantive change to the nation’s energy and climate policies, but slow change is better than none, and a...
Climate Change: A Civil Rights Issue for Blacks

Climate change is more than an environmental issue. It is a human rights and economic justice issue. Why? Because though climate change impacts...

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Statement on Departing EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson

Ralph B. Everett, President and CEO of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, released the following statement on Administrator...
Joint Center, Ecotrust Webinar to Spotlight Report On Climate Policies that Maximize Short-Term Health Benefits

The Joint Center, in partnership with Ecotrust, recently hosted a launch event to release the groundbreaking report entitled, Cooling the...
Research Shows Greenhouse Gas Reduction, Health Link

Expanding climate change mitigation approaches beyond greenhouse gases to also target related pollutants would have enormous public health...

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