Health Care’s Climate Change Contradiction

<p>The U.S. health care system is responsible for 8.5% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. We discuss how health care contributes to climate change,&nbsp;how some hospitals are trying to reduce their carbon footprint and what more needs to be done.</p><br><p>Guest:</p><p>Gary Cohen, co-founder and president of <a href="https://noharm-uscanada.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Health Care Without Harm</a></p><br><p>Read a full transcript and dig deeper into the issues explored in today's episode <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2022/03/24/health-care-climate-change" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on our website</a>.</p><br><p>Support this type of journalism today by <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">making a donation</a>.</p><br><p><a href="https://tradeoffs.org/research-corner/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sign up for our weekly newsletter</a> to see what research health policy experts are reading right now.</p><br><p>Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>