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Experts linked wildfires, heat, and illness to climate change

Symposium urged business and legislative climate action

Speakers advocated for outdoor worker heat protections

Boise aims for carbon neutrality and clean energy by 2050

An event to discuss the health effects of climate change in Idaho and around the world brought together scientists, health professionals, government leaders and others on May 16.

Co-sponsored by Saint Alphonsus and St. Luke’s, the Treasure Valley Climate and Health Symposium went beyond the facts of climate change to talk about what can be done and how businesses and legislators can make a difference.

Though the topic of climate change can sometimes get political, data shows that the majority of people accept

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