Doctors: Fossil Fuel Addiction Kills, Starves Millions

A new report from doctors and other health experts says the world’s fossil fuel addiction is making the world sicker and is killing people. Tuesday’s report in the prestigious medical journal Lancet says extreme weather from climate change triggered hunger in nearly 100 million people. It also says that heat deaths are up 68% among vulnerable groups and that each year pollution from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas kills 1.2 million people worldwide. The Lancet report looks at 43 different health indicators. Report authors say global health problems from global warming are getting worse.