Lunch Meeting -Dr. Cynthia Mahoney, Climate Change

"Climate Change, Fossil Fuels  and Our Health: Status and Solutions"
In the last decade we have just begun to appreciate the major public health impacts of burning fossil fuels.  Most people - even physicians, do not recognize  the magnitude of the issue, and the effects on not just our health, but our economy as well. In fact, some are now asking “ Could the Health Care Savings Pay for the Transition to a Clean Energy Economy?”.
This talk will give you answers.Cynthia Mahoney MD is a physician with long ties to the Castro Valley community. and Eden Hospital.  The talk will cover the  Environmental and Health Impacts of Climate Change; Health Impacts of Burning Fossil Fuels;  Economics of Carbon Pollution and the Health Care Savings from Clean Energy; concluding with Win - Win Policies to address Carbon Pollution.