Hospitals are carbon bombs. Some are trying to change
Politico
The University of California San Diego is switching its anesthesia delivery system from leaky pipes to tanks and canisters.
It’s no laughing matter: Nitrous oxide is an extremely potent greenhouse gas that can linger in the atmosphere for 114 years.
Hospitals around the country are taking steps to be more sustainable, Joanne Kenen reports: Medical centers in Vermont and Boston are growing vegetables in rooftop gardens; Seattle Children’s Hospital is planting conifers in greenery-starved low-income neighborhoods. To save water in drought-prone Los Angeles, a UCLA plastic surgeon suggested timers for operating room sinks.