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August 5, 2016 -

Election Manifesto on the Health Impacts of Coal Pollution and Renewable Energy

July 19, 2010 - Governments are rightly concerned about the delivery of health services through hospitals and clinics. Equally important is the prevention of ill health (preventative medicine) through such measures as vaccination, cessation of smoking, healthy life style and removal of carcinogens and pollutants from our environment Doctors use the term co-benefit when we can have a health win, commensurate with a government decision on another need. For example development of good public transport has been shown to improve health because people get out of their cars and walk to the bus. There is less pollution of cities and greenhouse emissions. There are...

We must protect biodiversity if we are to protect ourselves

January 24, 2013 - It is encouraging to see that the European Commission has many policies and actions on biodiversity and this editorial from “Science for Environment Policy” is republished with thanks. We need to recognise that our need for a stable climate is to preserve biodiversity, a concept poorly understood by most of our elected representatives. Indeed, in a report just released on the state of the Environment in NSW, the chapter on biodiversity makes sorry reading http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/soe/soe2012/chapter5/chp_5.1.htm#5.1.8 Good health is a precious commodity. This year, more than 13 billion euros will be donated by wealthy nations to procure food and medicines and...

Shell breaks its 10 year promise not to develop World Heritage Sites

January 31, 2013 - The evidence of damage to the Great Barrier Reef continues to mount. This article by Andrew Jeremijenko provides further documentation. DEA has worked behind the scenes on this issue, corresponding with UNESCO on the impacts of coal mining on the catchments and the reef and by writing to Minister Burke. Shell is breaking a biodiversity promise to “not explore for, or develop oil and gas resources in World Heritage Sites” as the world watches and wonders if the Great Barrier Reef will be put on the In Danger list. There is no more public and embarrassing way for Shell to...

The environment issues we should be hearing about at this election

The environment issues we should be hearing about at this election

February 17, 2013 - The following article was first published in the Conversation and appears under a Creative Commons licence. The author, Prof Ian Lowe, is a member of DEA’s sceintific committee. By Ian Lowe, Griffith University The forthcoming Australian election will be a critical one for the environment. The most urgent issue is climate change. We are already seeing the social, economic and environmental impacts of about one degree increase in average temperature. The possible impacts of two degrees are frightening enough, but we face the possibility of even greater increases if the world fails to take concerted action. As the worst polluter...