Letter: Let's act now on climate emergency - Medicine Hat NewsMedicine Hat News
Dear editor, As an active Alberta Friends of Medicare member, I applaud Canada’s Environment Ministry recent Bill C-28 to protect Canadians’ health from adverse environmental effects. Still, this measure doesn’t go far enough. Apart from obvious water pollution from coal mines, the continued use of fossil fuels (including those used to extract coal) threatens a very disturbed planet in multiple ways that – ultimately – affect the health and well-being of everyone: fires, floods and other catastrophic climate events. Thus, an emissions target of at least 60% below 2005 levels must b...
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