Health care has a massive carbon footprint. These doctors are trying to change that

Hospitals are some of the biggest carbon polluters almost no one thinks about. The American health care system accounts for an estimated 8.5% of the country

Around the country, health care workers continue to grapple with their industry’s massive carbon footprint. In Pittsburgh, doctors formed Clinicians for Climate Action to address the problem.

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