Tag: Australia
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VIDEO: The Price of Carbon
CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT — Your hard-earned money is paying for carbon pollution. Find out how …
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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef at Risk from Uranium Exports
KEVIN GRANDIA — Now the largest and most well-known of these reefs, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of the province of Queensland, is under threat of becoming a shipping route for uranium—the radioactive substance used for …
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Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Topped $620 Billion in 2011
EARTH POLICY INSTITUTE — The energy game is rigged in favor of fossil fuels because we omit the environmental and health costs of burning coal, oil and natural gas from their prices. Subsidies manipulate the game even further. According to …
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Radical Shifts in Energy Policies Ignite Global Green Economy
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME — Germany, Kenya and the Republic of Korea, among other states, have set out radical changes in their energy policies to harness the power of renewables, and reinvest in their natural capital …
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Landmark Study Exposes the Impact of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals on You, Your Family and the Environment
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME / WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION — The joint study calls for more research to understand fully the associations between endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs)—found in many household and industrial products—and specific diseases and disorders …