Webinar: Holding Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable for Climate Change Public Health Costs
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Summary
This article announces a webinar hosted by the Network for Public Health Law on June 23, 2026, focusing on holding fossil fuel companies financially accountable for the public health costs of climate change. It highlights how extreme weather events and climate-related health threats (flooding, fires, heatwaves, vector-borne diseases, rising sea levels, declining air quality) are increasing costs for families and communities. The webinar aims to explore legal and financial accountability mechanisms to make polluters pay for these public health impacts.
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· 3 pulledNot only is climate change one of the most significant threats to public health, but it is also incredibly costly.
With the increasing number of extreme weather events such as flooding, fires, heatwaves and other climate related public health threats such as vector born disease, rising sea levels, and declining air quality, comes increased costs for families and communities.
With ample evidence that the large fossil fuel companies...
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