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Bike commuting soars, but what about 'bikeism'?

November 3, 2008

Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably

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bikecommuting, globalwarming, newyorkcity, publichealth, transportation

The New York City Department of Transportation announced last week that bike commuting jumped 35 percent in the city over the past year. That's a lot of new bikers on the streets, and I'm proud to be one of them....continued→

Are we ready for more heat waves and their impact on our health?

August 26, 2008

Posted by Scott Dodd in Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
california, environmentalhealth, globalwarming, health, heatwaves, publichealth

Two years ago, while taking a year off to get a master’s degree at Columbia University (yeah, some "year off"), I took a fascinating class on the public health impacts of climate change -- a rapidly emerging field that’s just...continued→

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