Doctors say 'fossil fuel addiction' kills, starves millions

By Associated Press

Oct 26, 2022 11:59 am

Extreme weather from climate change triggered hunger in nearly 100 million people and increased heat deaths by 68 percent in vulnerable populations worldwide as the world's 'fossil fuel addiction' degrades public health each year, doctors reported in a new study.

Worldwide the burning of coal, oil, natural gas and biomass forms air pollution that kills 1.2 million people a year, including 11,800 in the United States, according to a report Tuesday in the prestigious medical journal Lancet.

Already have an active account? Log in here to continue reading.
Or
Subscribe to the Premium Subscription plan to access this subscriber-exclusive article.

Related Articles

Senate ratifies Reciprocal Access Agreement with Japan

BI sees surge in intl air passengers

Nine DOLE programs exempted from election ban

Oil firms to raise pump prices this week

DepEd to start releasing P20k incentive on Dec. 20

Mary Jane Veloso home this week

Hundreds feared dead on Mayotte after Cyclone Chido