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To: IC720 who wrote (1252262)	8/5/2020 1:53:21 PM
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"How many LIVES has Trumps BORDER WALL Saved??" Zero? "Ask 99% parents...All want to protect their children" I still want to protect mine, and they have kids of their own. Big Oil Knew Climate Change Could Be ‘Catastrophic.’ Study Shows Heat Could Become Deadlier Than Infectious Diseases By Dana Drugmand • Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - 12:52 "When will you CARE? For children?" More than a half century ago, the oil industry's top lobbyist warned his peers of the potentially “catastrophic consequences” of burning fossil fuels, consequences that are already starting to unfold as historic heat scorches Siberia and bakes the Middle East this summer. Extreme heat is among the deadliest consequences of global warming, and a new study tallies just how deadly it could become if climate pollution continues unabated. Rising temperatures will rank among the world’s most severe public health threats, on par with or even eclipsing infectious diseases, by century’s end unless the world rapidly slashes greenhouse gas emissions. That’s according to a study published August 3 in the National Bureau of Economic Research by scientists with the Climate Impact Lab, a collaboration that analyzes the “real-world costs of climate change.” “Our data indicate that with the continued growth of greenhouse gas emissions, the temperature effects of climate change are projected to be five times deadlier than recent U.S. flu seasons. In poor hot countries, the heat may be even more threatening than cancer and heart disease are today,” Michael Greenstone, the Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago and a study co-author, said in a summary of the research. As the world experiences record hot temperatures, a new study from the Climate Impact Lab shows that, in 2100 under continued high emissions, the global death rate from heat is projected to surpass the current death rate of all infectious diseases combined https://t.co/iVVtyaCRRH — Climate Impact Lab (@impact_lab) August 3, 2020 desmogblog.com