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Doctors, nurses and hospitals increasingly are seeing patients sickened by climate-related problems, from overheating to smoke inhalation from wildfires and even infectious diseases.<br/><br/>
Patients sickened in heat waves, flooding, and wildfire have raised awareness of the impact of climate change on health.
Hospitals are adding solar panels and cutting waste, with support from a new office at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Clean fuel standard bill headed to Washington House floor February 10, 2021 at 7:05 am Supporters say a clean fuel standard is needed to fight climate change -- but opponents say it will drive up gas prices. (AP) Once again, there’s a movement in the state Legislature for a clean fuel standard — and after a narrow pass by the House Appropriations Committee, it’s headed to the House floor. The House passed a clean fuel standard each year for the past two sessions, but it didn’t make it through the Senate. This year, House Bill 1091 would require fuel companies to re...