nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||'We Don't Have To Live This Way': Doctors Call For Climate Action||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Heat waves, air pollution and extreme weather are making people sick and, increasingly, killing people. A key report by global physicians says fossil fuels are to blame.










A Portland, Ore., resident wears a respirator to protect himself from wildfire smoke as he jogs in downtown in September 2020.



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'We Don't Have To Live This Way': Doctors Call For Climate Action






Heat waves, air pollution and extreme weather are making people sick and, increasingly, killing people. A key report by global physicians says fossil fuels are to blame.