OHA report on climate change and health exposes inequities
Sydney Kurle | Dec 16, 2020
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The report, Climate and Health in Oregon 2020 report, builds on the findings of the 2014 Oregon Climate and Health Report. The 2014 report warned of increased risk of injury, illness, and death due to rising temperatures, increasing wildfires, and other extreme weather events.
Since the 2014 report was published, Oregon has already experienced significant impacts from climate change. The state has seen its hottest years on record, with 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2020 all in the top 10 hottest years in Oregon history. The state also saw the lowest snowpack on record in 2015. In 2018, Salem drinking water was contaminated with cyanotoxins that resulted from algal blooms caused by high temperatures.