downstream problems, upstream solutions: fossil fuels and chronic disease

DOWNSTREAM PROBLEMS

UPSTREAM SOLUTIONS

“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.”

Desmond Tutu

20 Years Ago

Coffee(with whole milk and sugar)

Today

Mocha Coffee

45 calories 8 ounces

350 calories16 ounces

20 Years Ago Today

210 calories 1.5 ounces 500 calories

4 ounces

180 lb 196 lb

20 Years Ago Today

142 lb166 lb

20 Years Ago Today

1994

2010

General Richard Myers, Ret.

$150- 200 BILLION

ASTHMA rate TRIPLED since 1960 and still INCREASING

PREVENTABLE CHRONIC DISEASES

40% of GDP

2050

RED MEAT AND CORN SUGARHEART DISEASE, CANCER, DIABETES, OBESITY

AND ASTHMA

PHYSICAL INACTIVITYObesity, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancer

$75 BILLION

AIR POLLUTION: ASTHMA, CANCER, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES

EXTREME HEAT

MORE AIR POLLUTION

MORE WATER POLLUTION

LESS HEALTHY FOOD

INFECTIONS

Most Vulnerable

CARBON POLLUTION: CO2

METHANE POLLUTION(70 x warming power of CO2 )

NOAA , Uinta Gasfields 6-11% fugitive methane

NITROGEN OXIDE POLLUTION(300 x warming power of CO2)

OF COURSE, ITS NOT THAT SIMPLE

ME EITHER

TWO DOWNSTREAM PROBLEMS

ONE UPSTREAM SOURCE

We can solve this.

THE POWER OF DEFAULT

CLEAN SAFE ENERGY

4/30/14

OUR SOLAR POWER POTENTIAL

4/30/14

SOLAR POWER GENERATION

US vs Germany

4/30/14

OUR WIND POWER POTENTIAL

4/30/14

US WIND GENERATION(and effect of policy on new installations)

4/30/14

50% by 2030

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LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD

STOP FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIESPUBLIC LAND FOR PUBLIC GOOD

MAKE POLLUTERS PAY

4/30/14

POLICIES TO PROMOTE SAFE CLEAN ENERGY Regulate carbon pollution from major emitters Invest in clean energy

End subsidies for fossil fuels, including mining and drilling on public lands.

National Renewable Electricity Standard

50% of electricity by 2030, 100% by 2050

Net metering (pay for surplus generated)

Charge producers of fossil fuel to cover pollution's cost to society

BUILDING WASTE

4/30/14

GASOLINE WASTEWe can do better.

International Council on Clean Transportation

4/30/14

POLICIES TO INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Tighten and accelerate fuel economy standards

National Energy Code conforming to 2030

Challenge standards

National program to finance retrofits of existing buildings

20,000 Heart Attacks PREVENTED 23,000 Deaths each year

ANNUAL SAVINGS OVER $ 100 BILLION

LESS CARS= MORE CLEAN AIR FOR OUR CITIESSMART GROWTH

BIKEWAYS AND WALKWAYSBETTER PUBLIC TRANSIT

Good news: We're already on our way.

POLICIES FOR ACTIVE/PUBLIC TRANSIT Complete Neighborhoods, Infrastructure Investment, Coordination (Health in All Policies)

10,000 colon cancers215,000 heart attacks PREVENTED570,000 new diabetes cases each year

ANNUAL SAVINGS $ 1-5 BILLION per METRO AREA

WHAT DO WE WANT OUR FOOD SYSTEM TO LOOK LIKE?

SAFE & SUSTAINABLEENERGY EFFICIENT

FRESH AFFORDABLE HEALTHY FOOD

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POLICIES FOR HEALTHY FOOD AND FARMS

Reward good stewards

Crop diversity

Natural fertilizer

Crop rotation

Conservation set asides

Donate excess

Harvest waste energy

ADVISE SUBSIDIZE

Meat, Dairy 63%

Grains20%

Sugar,Oil, Alcohol 15%

Nuts, Legumes 2%

Fruits, Vegetables 1%

300,000 Heart Attacks/Strokes PREVENTED260,000 New Diabetes Cases each year144,000 Cancer Deaths127,000 CVD Deaths

ANNUAL SAVINGS: $17 BILLION ON CVD ALONE

THE BIG PICTURE

The majority of Americans want

HEALTHY FOOD, CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER

CLEAN ENERGY and more ENERGY EFFICIENCY

More funding for WALKING, BIKING, & TRANSIT

WANTED: Leaders with Vision

WE'RE READY

We can do it.

A healthy high quality downstream future

is within our reach*

*if we act upstream now.

www.climate911.org

Healthy People

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