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Hospitals Try to Curb Astronomical Emissions as Pandemic Brings New Challenges

The global health care climate footprint is equivalent to the annual emissions from 514 coal-fired plants.

A medical worker walks outside of the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn on December 1, 2020, in New York City.

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