Health impacts ignored

And then there is health. In 2009, a major report determined that “climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century.” In 2017, a report by the Canadian Public Health Association included in its recommendations that “health impact assessments” should be integrated as a core component of the federal environmental assessment process. Can we trust the offshore petroleum boards to include health impact assessments? Do we trust them to protect our health, as well as the fossil-fuel industry? I certainly don’t! Their track record would point to “no.”