1. Health Effects of Global Warming & Coal

2. “Overall…the health effects of a rapidly changing climate are likely to be overwhelmingly negative.” – World Health Organization

3. Turning up the Heat! 14.4°F 10.8°F 7.2°F 3.6°F 2000 2020 2040 2060 2080 2100 +2.2°F (1.1-3.4) +3.5°F (1.6-5.2)

4. California Heat Wave 2006 Daytime temperatures >100°F for two weeks Record night time highs > 1 million without electricity Death toll estimates 150-450 ~16,000 excess ER visits and 1,000 excess hospitalizations 25,000 cattle and 700,000 chickens died

5. Hydrologic Cycle: Floods UN Millennium Ecosystem assessment

6. Hydrologic Cycle: Drought

7. Wildfire OSU

8. Rising Seas

9. Effect on Cascades Snowpack Temp in the Northwest 2 deg F hotter since 1970 Up to 25% reduction in snowpack in Cascades since 1930 ’ s. Expect 50-70% loss by 2050. Stream flow reductions Loss of snowpack affects tourism, skiing, drinking water, irrigation and electricity production in summer www.vhtr.org

10. Global Warming Refugees

11. Spreading Infectious Disease: Malaria UNEP/GRID-Arendal Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School

12. Heat + Dirty Fuels => Ozone Source: EPA EPA

13. Deteriorating Air Quality: Ozone Healthy AirwayInflamed Airway

14. Coal: A Leading Cause of Global Warming

15. Deadly Coal Emissions Threaten Lungs, Life

16. Mercury: Poisoning waters, fish… and us Fish Advisories Where you Live

17. Fine Particulate Matter: Invisible and Deadly

18. Projected Deaths, Hospitalizations Attributed to Coal Combustion

19. Energy Efficiency “There’s no cheaper, cleaner power than power you don’t have to produce.” - Gary Zarker, Seattle City Light

20. Wind Energy

21. Solar Energy