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How Solar Can Help In-Home Medical Equipment Energy Costs

How Solar Can Help In-Home Medical Equipment Energy Costs

As we enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, only one thing is certain — we won’t be returning to the same routines and lifestyles as before. Over the past two years, we’ve undergone drastic changes in the way we live, the way we connect and the way we work.  Remote work increases flexibility, […]

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    How Solar Can Help In-Home Medical Equipment Energy Costs

    How Solar Can Help In-Home Medical Equipment Energy Costs

    As we enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, only one thing is certain — we won’t be returning to the same routines and lifestyles as before. Over the past two years, we’ve undergone drastic changes in the way we live, the way we connect and the way we work.  Remote work increases flexibility, […]

    Climate Crisis Caused High Healthcare Costs in 2012

    Climate Crisis Caused High Healthcare Costs in 2012

    Extreme weather events supercharged by climate change in 2012 led to nearly 1,000 more deaths, more than 20,000 additional hospitalizations, and cost the U.S. healthcare system $10 billion, a new report finds. The study, published Tuesday in the journal GeoHealth, looks at the health impacts of 10 climate-related events across 11 states that year, including […]

    Democratic Candidates Spent 13 Minutes on Climate Change in Second Presidential Debate

    Democratic Candidates Spent 13 Minutes on Climate Change in Second Presidential Debate

    Democratic presidential candidates spent 13 minutes on climate change in the second presidential debate Wednesday evening in Detroit — one more minute than the 12 spent on Tuesday evening, according to a Washington Post tally. Washington governor Jay Inslee, whose campaign has centered around the issue, kicked off the discussion by centering climate change as […]

    Poll: 96% of Democratic Voters Want 2020 Nominee to Prioritize Climate Action

    Poll: 96% of Democratic Voters Want 2020 Nominee to Prioritize Climate Action

    By Jessica Corbett The global climate crisis and Medicare for All are top issues for a large majority of Democratic voters, according to new polling results published Tuesday by CNN. The survey, conducted last week, asked Democrats and left-leaning Independents how important they considered certain policy items. Most people polled said it is somewhat or […]

    Bernie Sanders Enters 2020 Race, Promises Own Version of Green New Deal

    Bernie Sanders Enters 2020 Race, Promises Own Version of Green New Deal

    Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Tuesday that he will run for president in 2020, becoming the latest candidate in a crowded Democratic primary field to promise a Green New Deal if elected, The Washington Post reported. “I’m running for president because we need to make policy decisions based on science, not politics,” Sanders wrote […]