Google, Microsoft Join Obama to Fight Climate Health Woes
US President Barack Obama makes a statement at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2015
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President Barack Obama is warning that climate change will start affecting Americans’ health in the near future and he’s recruiting top technology companies to help prepare the nation’s health systems.
The administration unveiled a series of initiatives Tuesday to help moderate the effects it says a warming planet will have on increasing smog, lengthening allergy seasons and increasing risks of extreme weather-related injuries.