PUBLIC HEALTH INSIDER

Official insights from Public Health – Seattle & King County staff

Surviving the ‘Really Big One’

July 14, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

Did you read the New Yorker‘s recent article about the potential for a whopper of an earthquake along the Cascadia subduction zone here in the Pacific Northwest, “The Really Big One?” Yes? Then you’re probably freaked out.

6 unexpected ways climate change impacts your health

July 8, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

Last week, Executive Dow Constantine released King County’s Strategic Climate Action Plan. This document details the state of the county in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the impacts climate change has already had in our region, and efforts to both reduce greenhouse gases and prepare for the expected impacts of climate change.