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Climate change through the lens of an emergency physician [PODCAST]

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“The worst part of the climate crisis is that our kids, my kids, may never get to witness the most beautiful parts of our world because they may, and will, cease to exist without our action and power. As I watch my own kids looking out over the ocean on a clear, cool day in awe at the behemoth of wonder before them, I know they are the ones I am fighting the battle against the climate crisis for, and I beg you to fight too.

Beauty in the world and love of our environment and each other are not partisan issues; they are simply the components that make our lives worth living. And if that is not worth saving, then I don’t know anything that is.”

Elizabeth M. Barreras-Rivest is an emergency physician.

She shares her story and discusses her KevinMD article, “The climate crisis as viewed by an emergency physician.”

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