Helping Maryland Communities Prepare for Potentially Dangerous Effects of Climate Change
Looking ahead to the strange and unknown in weather.
By Lauren Kirkwood, Capital News Service From potential heat waves to increased cases of respiratory illness and outbreaks of infectious disease, Maryland scientists are looking to predict how climate change will affect health in order to help communities across the state prepare. Looking ahead at the possible impact of global warming will give states and cities the chance to enact plans to protect those especially vulnerable to public health threats, including infants, the elderly and people with allergies or other medical conditions, scientists said. In his recent State of the Union address, President Obama noted 12 of the hottest years on record have fallen in the past 15 years, and said if Congress fails to act to prepare the nation …
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jag
10:45 pm on Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Patricia - that's exactly the point. It's not a matter of a progressive agenda. Climate change is a quantifiable fact. People who realize facts aren't progressive, they simply aren't ignorant. Facts don't actually have a liberal bias. Despite what you might think, conservatives are allowed to be educated as well. Just because you aren't doesn't mean others can't be. more ›