Category Archives: Environmental Impact

The state of Australia: our environment 2014

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By Ian Lowe, Griffith University

In the lead-up to the budget, the story of crisis has been hammered home, but there’s more to a country than its structural deficit. So how is Australia doing overall? In this special series, ten writers to take a broader look at the State of Australia; our health, wealth, education,.

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The Human Cost of Power film from Australian health organisations

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The Climate and Health Alliance, together with the Public Health Association of Australia, has released a new short film: The Human Cost of Power. Produced by Fiona Armstrong and directed by award winning science journalist Alexandra de Blas, this film explores the health impacts associated with the massive expansion of coal and unconventional gas in.
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COP 19 talks for new climate treaty, a race to the bottom

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[caption id="attachment_2816" align="alignright" width="300"]http://www.slideshare.net/Ecofys/cop19-pledges-vs-implemented-action-where-are-we-really-heading http://www.slideshare.net/Ecofys/cop19-pledges-vs-implemented-action-where-are-we-really-heading[/caption] 20 November 2013, COP 19: Weak government action on climate change will lead to a projected 3.7 degrees Celsius of warming by 2100, around 0.6 degree C higher than the original promises they made in Copenhagen, the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) has said..
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