fossil fuels
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Climate change impacts on health growing more deadly, says the Lancet Countdown
31st October 2022
Inaction on climate change has major health costs. According to a new report, fossil fuels contributed to 1.3 million deaths from outdoor air pollution in 2020.
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Tackling air pollution for public health: lessons learnt from the fight against tobacco
21st October 2019
Most people say they would never go back to the days when restaurants, offices, and even airplanes were filled with cigarette smoke. Someday, we may be able to talk about air pollution in the same way – but governments will have to take a similar road to get there.
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Governments should fight air pollution from fossil fuels like they fight tobacco: new report
19th September 2019
A new report launched today challenges political leaders to tackle fossil fuel production and consumption as a health control issue, in the same way that smoking has been reduced and regulated.