John Hickenlooper: “The World Health Organization says that there's roughly 2…”

“They're burning open hearth stoves to cook their food and to heat their housing. And the number of The World Health Organization says that there's roughly 2 million people a year that die directly from the pulmonary diseases that come from those open hearth burning. And that should be unacceptable to all of us. So we need to look at as we transition to a cleaner energy future.” (15:11–15:22)

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