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DO NO HARM
Energy Investment for Community Health
Our Ask
HEALTHY ENERGY INVESTMENT POLICY
1) Stop investing in fossil fuel (divest or freeze)
2) All new energy investments will be clean
3) Local impact investments in low carbon future
It's the right thing to do.
PARIS AGREEMENT
“won't save the planet, but saves the chance of saving the planet”
Bill McKibben 350.org
2C PATHWAY
PARIS PLEDGES
CURRENT POLICY
A long way to go.
A short time to get there
Years till carbon budget spent*
50% 66%
1.5 C 10 6
2.0 C 28 21
*assumes emissions level when in fact they are increasing
US would have to double Paris pledge
Increase rate of annual emissions reduction from 2% to 4%
Cut our emissions in half in 15 years
MISSION
Technologically &
Economically
POSSIBLE
Thesolutionsproject. org
84% OF ALL VOTERS AND 72% OF GOP
78% support regulation of GHG emissions
BIGGEST BARRIER
Campaign Contributions2014 Exxon spent $2 million
US Rep. Dana Rohrbacher
Oil Change International, 2014
FORXL pipelineShale oil developmentOffshore oil leasesGas and oil exportsClimate denier bills
AGAINST EPA regulationEnding oil subsidies Fuel efficiencyClean energy
Get the money out of politics
Make the money politically toxic
WHY HEALTH SYSTEMS?
Public trustMoral authorityMajor economic playersMedia magnets
Hospitals have power
Vision Leadership
Savings
Hospitals use power.
Hospitals are invested in Improving community health
The Action The Message1. Stop investing in fossil fuels. Freeze vs divest. Fossil fuels are unhealthy
2. All new energy investments will be clean. Fossils are the past, clean energy is the future
3. Invest in sustainable facilities and communities.We can do this.
What does healthy energy investmentlook like?
Jeffery Thompson MDGundersen Lutheran Health System
GUNDERSEN ANNUAL SAVINGS
$2 million $1 millionefficiency clean energy
$10 million/year
$ 4 million/year
KAISER
Gundersen Energy Investment Policy
“If our mission really is what we say it is, then we need to stop causing harm.”
Dr. Jeffery Thompson, CEO Gundersen Lutheran
Hotter means: sicker
5% elder deaths8% premature births
for every 10 degrees Fabove seasonal average
for every 2 degrees Fabove seasonal average
smoggier
For every heat related 10 ppb ozone
7%PedsER
4%ElderAdmits
1/2 %Deaths
smokier
PedAsthmaAdmits 34%
ElderAdmits 70%
hungrier
thirstier
poorer
What environmental hazard kills more people than climate change?
300,000 deaths / yearWHOLE PLANET
3.5 million / year globally 200,000 in US4,300 in South Coast Air Basin1 in 10 deaths Los Angeles
6 cities with the worst air in the US
Fresno-Madera
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Visalia-Porterville-Hanford
Bakersfield
Modesto
Sacramento-Roseville
American Lung Association, State of the Air 2014
LA COUNTY
27,000 children
70,000 episodes of pediatric bronchitis
10% of ER visits
20% of hospitalizations
Asthma and Air Pollution
Prenatal Exposure
Lifelong Damage
UCLA Multi Ethnic Study on Atherosclorosis-
Air pollution speeds up narrowing of arteries
California Teachers' Study 41% increased risk of cardiac death
16,000 cancers
7,000 - 21,000 deaths
Air pollution's annual toll in CA
Who suffers?
Poor people People of color
FOSSIL FUEL INVESTMENT CAUSES HARM
DiseaseLoss of lifeMiscarriagesFetal Brain DamageLoss of homes and livelihoodExacerbates inequalityImpedes climate action
Organizational Mission and Values
Community Benefit
Bioethics
Moral/Religious
HARM THROUGH 4 LENSES
MISSION
To extend the healing ministry of Jesus in the tradition of the Sisters of St. Joseph
by continually improving the health and quality of life of people in the communities we serve
VISION
“to promote health improvement and create healthy communities”
VALUES: JUSTICE
advocate for systems... attuned to the needs of the vulnerable and disadvantaged
BIOETHICS
Beneficence – help and prevent harm
Nonmaleficence – avoid doing harm
Justice – distribute fairly
Autonomy – respect self determination
RATIONALIZATIONSwhich have no place in patient care
We've always done it.
Everyone does it.
If we don't do it, someone else will.
“Purchasing is always a moral – and not simply economic – act.”
Pope Benedict, Caritas en Veritate
CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHINGS
Protect human lifePromote the common goodPrioritize the needs of the poorAdvocate against injusticeCare for creation
“Cooperation with evil” is justified when:
Good>Harm
Least harmful way to achieve good
Does good thus far outweigh the harm?
Is that likely to change in next 3 years?
Is more better?
Weighing the Good, Part One A seat at the table
Exxon Report to Shareholders on Stranded Assets
for < 2C : 30% oil stays underground
– emissions start to fall in 2020 50% clean energy by 2030
In 2040: No stranded assets.Emissions still rising 5% clean energy
Weighing the Good, Part TwoIncome
Better yields without fossil fuels
“Analysis by Investment Advisor revealed effectively no impact on returns and risks. Sufficient alternative investments are available.”
Gundersen LutheranInvestment Freeze
Union of Concerned ScientistsDivestment
“Our experience demonstrates clearly that even a midsize organization like ours with a conservative investment strategy can divest from fossil fuel companies with no material change in risk or return objectives.”
HARM
GOOD
Alternative (or Addition)
HEALTHY ENERGY INVESTMENT POLICY
1. A halt to investment in fossil fuel.
2. All new energy investments will be clean.
3. Invest in sustainable facilities and communities
Address the greatest roadblock to climate action
Provide good return on investment
Be a climate leader, start a cascade
Improve the health of the communities you serve
BENEFITS
CARMAGEDDON Los Angeles, CA
Ultrafine Particulates down 83 percent
PM2.5 down 36 percent
ER Visits UCLA decreased 23%ER Visits Cedars Sinai decreased 13%911 calls decreased 12%
FRENCH REFINERY STRIKE
Air quality in neighborhoods near refineries
Decreased hospital admissions
Increased birthweight
Fewer preterm births
HARM
HARM
GOOD
Hospital
Latin: hospes
Host AND Guest
“Teach us... to recognize that we are profoundly united.”
“Bring healing to our lives, that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.”
”Fill us with peace, that we may live as brothers and sisters, harming no one.”
Pope Francis - Laudato Si