January 31, 2013 - ...extractive industry is the 2003 biodiversity commitment of Shell, which states that ‘We will not explore for, or develop, oil and gas resources in natural World Heritage Sites.’ As the leading industry practice this provides a policy benchmark that does not on first analysis appear to be met by the Curtis Island location having been selected. ” The Great Barrier Reef is a tourism icon, a world wonder and part of Australia’s identity and Shell by breaking its promise at this time when the world is watching is embarrassing the whole industry. It should either say to the other companies...
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DEA in the news
November 24, 2021 - ...a fever: it’s time to act Medical Republic, 17 Sep. Oped by Dr John Van Der Kallen The Economics of Biodiversity and the World’s environmental crisis Mirage news, 17 Sep. Oped by Dr David Shearman Australia’s duty to the world: Stop mining coal The Hill, 13 Sep. Oped by Dr David Shearman Climate change will place additional burdens on women and children Weekend Neos Kosmos, 11 Sep. Oped by Drs Magda Simonis and Kimberly Humphrey EV cars face triple charge but government says it’s fair The Mercury, 7 Sep. Paywall Joint open letter with the AMA and most of the medical colleges (14 Sep) ABC online Doctors, farmers call for stronger climate commitments ahead of Glasgow talks ...
Climate change and health: preparing for unprecedented challenges
December 14, 2007 - ...who suffer or who benefit least deserve help from those who benefit most.” More specifically, the Declaration stresses fairness in a world that is being radically reshaped by the forces of globalization. As stated: “The central challenge we face today is to ensure that globalization becomes a positive force for all the world’s people. For while globalization offers great opportunities, at present its benefits are very unevenly shared, while its costs are unevenly distributed.” This is indeed the problem. Globalization creates wealth and this is good. But globalization has no rules that guarantee fair distribution of this wealth. Health and...
Polluted by profit: Johann Hari on the real Climategate
May 22, 2010 - ...she started to work for CI in 2006. She told me: “About a week or two after I started, I went to the big planning meeting of all the organisation’s media teams, and they started talking about this supposedly great new project they were running with BP. But I had read in the newspaper the day before that the EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] had condemned BP for running the most polluting plant in the whole country… But nobody in that meeting, or anywhere else in the organisation, wanted to talk about it. It was a taboo. You weren’t supposed to...
Copenhagen COP-OUT
January 2, 2010 - ...would fail. I was reminded of the article when I watched ABC News immediately after the conference. A succession of business and mining interests offered their sound bites reflecting self-interest on what should be done with the CPRS to assist them further. There was no sound bite to represent the interests of our children or humanity. We need to work to provide one. My Analysis The leaders of Western developed countries have failed to free themselves from the shackles of vested interests and their own political needs to provide for future generations and the less fortunate in the world. They...