By DAVID INTROCASO This is Part 2 of David Introcaso’s review of the attempt by the Biden admin to do something about the massive carbon footprint of the US health care system. If you haven’t read part 1, start here. Discussion Under Secretary Becerra, HHS’s effort to decarbonize healthcare amounted to passive obstructionism or at best an exercise in performative guilt. Inarguably, the climate crisis constitutes a permanent Public Health Emergency (PHE). Yet, Becerra refused to declare one. His Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, whose job was to generate debate and build conse...
Institutional Betrayal: HHS’s Failure to Decarbonize the Healthcare Industry (Part 2)
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