What the Supreme Court’s ruling on EPA authority means for air quality and local health

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Dr. Cecilia Sorensen, director of Columbia University’s Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education, explains what the ruling could mean for conditions like asthma and lung cancer.

. And so I'm deeply concerned about this Supreme Court decision.

If you look back at what the EPA has done in order to try to mitigate these types of health impacts, we know that the health-related savings from theresulted in almost $600 billion in pollution-related health care savings. I'm thinking of companies that spill contamination into water or that lead to Superfund sites. I'm thinking of something likeWe don't know what this could mean in the future, but the fact that we have language now that is prioritizing economic and private interest over the interest of the health of communities is deeply concerning.massive health impacts on communities near them

 

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“We're seeing heat waves and rainstorms becoming more deadly” I believe if you look at the data, less ppl are dying from heat or the elements in general then ever before in human history.

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