The Healthy Hearths initiative in Southern California was created to reduce pollution
and protect public health from the harmful emissions of wood burning.
Making a Difference: Air Quality and Your Health.
A collaborative, multi-agency effort to address
shared air quality management concerns between British Columbia and
Washington State, the video is divided into four chapters and provides
real-life examples of individuals, communities and government affecting
positive changes.
"A Breath of Air" details the work of University of Southern California scientists on the health effects of air pollution on children, and also the community perspective on air pollution in the Los Angeles area.
The air pollutants that affect the respiratory system are ozone, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, and particulate matter. The breathing in of fine particulate matter significantly increases the numbers of deaths from cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary diseases. Over a third of particulate matter comes from domestic wood stoves, another third from industrial sources, and the remainder from transport and agriculture.
Scott Denning of the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State
University gives a stripped-down explanation of the structure of
greenhouse gas molecules like CO2 and how they trap heat in our
atmosphere.
Science journalist Peter Hadfield investigates climate change in a series of videos on YouTube.
Beyond Zero Emissions - Climate Solutions
Matthew Wright presents the case for adopting a policy of ZERO
Emissions, and outline strategy with examples of how we might achieve
this (7 videos).
Forests are also one of our best defenses against global warming,
absorbing vast amounts of carbon pollution out of the air. But power
companies are increasingly proposing to burn whole trees for energy.
Trees are not a "carbon neutral" fuel source.
