The leading source for credible citizen reporting

Help | Login | Join Allvoices

Mainstream News

This event is older than two months and is no longer active. Some links older than two months could be broken.

Click here to post a new related report

Environmental News Network: AMA meeting: Global warming has health toll, delegates warn

Source: Androscoggin News

Ama : LA : USA | about 1 year ago

0 0

Most climate scientists say the Earth is getting hotter and that human activity is speeding up the process. At its Interim Meeting in November, the AMA House of Delegates agreed with the scientific consensus. The house endorsed the findings of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

Reach
Credibility

More News From: Ama : LA : USA

Related Allvoices Contributions

UN chief cautious on Copenhagen pact amid boycott

By: zabawaus

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that world nations are unlikely to strike agreement on details of a new climate change pact at a key U.N. summit next month. Meanwhile, African countries boycotted meetings at U.N. climate talks in Barcelona, saying industrial countries had set carbon-cutting targets too low for reducing global ...

about 1 month ago
Farmers Can Slash Global Emissions Today

By: patelashishme0932

What's the Story? "Innovations in food production and land use that are ready to be scaled-up today could reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to roughly 25 percent of global fossil fuel emissions and present the best opportunity to remove greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere," says the environmental think tank Worldwatch ...

about 1 month ago
Underwater Meeting on Global Warming

By: WordSlinger

GIRIFUSHI, Maldives - Ibrahim Didi, the Maldivian Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, signs a document under the ocean waters. The document is calling on all countries to cut down their carbon dioxide emissions before a United Nations climate change conference takes place in December in Copenhagen. Government ministers wearing scuba gear held ...

about 1 month ago
Azad for Unity of ‘South’ for meeting Health Challenges

By: chnarendra

The Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad has asked the developing countries to unite and ensure that developed countries should meet their obligations in climate change challenges and other areas. “The developed country Parties should take the lead in combating climate change and the adverse effects thereof....

about 1 month ago
- 1
- 2
- >

News Stories

Environmental News Network: AMA meeting: Global warming has health toll, ...

News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 year ago

Most climate scientists say the Earth is getting hotter and that human activity is speeding up the process. At its Interim Meeting in November, the AMA House of Delegates agreed with the scientific consensus. The house endorsed the findings of the...
American Medical Association News: AMA meeting: Global warming has health ...

News Source: Uinta County News | about 1 year ago

The scientific evidence is clear that global climate change can cause serious health consequences, and we need to be a part of planning as people talk about preparing for climate change occurring," said AMA Board of Trustees member William A...Woods,...
American Medical Association News: AMA meeting: Texting while driving, ...

News Source: Uinta County News | about 1 year ago

In a move to keep the public healthy, the AMA is supporting bans on artificial trans fats in food and text messaging while driving. At its Interim Meeting in November, the House of Delegates voted to support state and federal legislation that bans...