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Al Gore, a Plan to Repower America to Counter Climate Change
July 21, 2008 - ...only a truly dysfunctional system that would buy into the perverse logic that the short-term answer to high gasoline prices is drilling for more oil ten years from now. Am I the only one who finds it strange that our government so often adopts a so-called solution that has absolutely nothing to do with the problem it is supposed to address? When people rightly complain about higher gasoline prices, we propose to give more money to the oil companies and pretend that they’re going to bring gasoline prices down. It will do nothing of the sort, and everyone knows it....
Doctors call on the Australian health sector to follow NHS Englandβs commitment to a net-zero target
October 2, 2020 - ...which contributes to a warming climate, as well as air pollution which is associated with 3000 premature deaths annually in Australia. “ NHS England is the first national health system to commit to net zero carbon emissions, and the first major health system, public or private, to make a commitment of this scale. In today’s announcement, the health service committed to achieve: net zero emissions for the NHS’s carbon footprint by 2040, with an ambition for an interim 80% reduction by 2028-2032; and to achieve net zero in its wider supply chain by 2045. “COVID-19 has challenged us to adapt and...
Media release: Australia deserves certainty on net zero target
April 27, 2022 - ...of $1.4 billion. Dr Humphrey said this was not a firm commitment to net zero. She was responding to comments made in Queensland by LNP contender for the seat of Flynn, Colin Boyce who said that net zero was a flexible plan and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, who added that the government’s commitment to net zero was not binding. Mr Joyce added there was no legislation attached to previous promises of net zero. Dr Humphrey said strong climate policy would improve the health of all Australians. “Heat-related deaths and other health issues associated with climate change are severely...
New Podcast Episode: Net Zero Emissions for Australiaβs healthcare sector with Dr. Eugenie Kayak
March 24, 2021 - ...healthcare services are vulnerable to a range of risks, including an increase in patient demand and threats to infrastructure, workforce and supply chains. Yet the healthcare sector itself is a significant contributor to climate change through its own carbon footprint, which is estimated to be 7% of Australia’s total carbon emissions. DEA is calling on the healthcare sector to achieve: – An interim emission reduction target of 80% by 2030. – Net zero emissions by 2040. A new report charts this course: “Net zero carbon emissions: responsibilities, pathways and opportunities for Australia’s healthcare sector” Click here to access the Net Zero Carbon Emissions Report....
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