Local mom supports Clean Power Plan
The American Academy of Pediatrics, home to parents’ most trusted advisers, is deeply concerned about climate change.
Given our current knowledge about the unequivocal warming of our planet, the AAP issued a policy statement saying that “failure to take prompt, substantive action would be an act of injustice to all children.”
Thankfully, the global agreement in Paris will help reduce the health threats posed by our changing climate, which include extreme temperatures, poor air quality, higher levels of smog and more frequent deadly extreme weather events such as hurricanes and floods.
This summer, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized America’s Clean Power Plan, marking the single greatest step the U.S. has ever taken to combat climate change. In a recent study by Harvard University, Tennessee ranks 11th in the nation for public health benefits gained through implementing America’s Clean Power Plan.