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Add your name to the People’s Clean Air Action Plan for NSW
New South Wales has waited too long for a state-wide strategy for clean air. With each delay, more communities suffer health impacts from air pollution – like asthma, heart disease and premature death. Meanwhile, coal-fired power stations like Vales Point receive...
Add your name to the People’s Clean Air Action Plan for Victoria
Victorians have waited too long for a statewide strategy for clean air and with each delay, more Victorians suffer health impacts from air pollution – like asthma, heart disease and premature death. Meanwhile, coal-fired power stations like Yallourn continue to pump...
$2.4 billion health bill: Call for a crack down on coal pollution
Each year, toxic air pollution from coal-burning power stations causes 800 people to die prematurely, 14,000 asthma symptoms among children, and 850 babies born with low birth weight. The annual health bill of coal-burning power is $2.4 billion – more than two-thirds...
Make a submission to protect Victoria’s ecosystems
Victoria is a state with diverse natural landscapes and wildlife found nowhere else on Earth. In just a few hours you can go from ocean to mountains to desert. We are all so lucky to call this place home. But right now, our beautiful home is under threat. While we...
Lets tell the VIC EPA its time to clean up Yallourn power station
The figures are out and once again it’s clear that coal-fired power is bad for our health. According to the National Pollutant Inventory, EnergyAustralia reported that Yallourn power station increased dangerous PM2.5 pollution an extraordinary 82 percent on the...
Lets tell the NSW EPA its time to clean up Vales Point power station
The figures are out and once again it’s clear that coal-fired power is bad for our health. According to the National Pollutant Inventory, Delta Electricity reported that Vales Point power station increased dangerous PM2.5 pollution by an extraordinary 181...
Have your say on national environment laws
We are in the midst of a pollution and extinction crisis and this summer’s catastrophic bushfires have shown us what the future looks like without urgent action. It’s clear that our current environment laws are broken and tinkering around the edges with piecemeal...
Make a submission to the NSW Air Pollution Inquiry
This summer, millions of people were exposed to toxic bushfire smoke for weeks, fueled by climate change that could very well worsen in the years to come if we don’t take action. Seeing Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney on the world’s most polluted cities list put air...
NSW Air Pollution Inquiry: Have Your Say
This summer, millions of people were exposed to toxic bushfire smoke for weeks on end, fueled by climate change that could very well worsen in the years to come if we don’t take action. Seeing Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney on the world’s most polluted cities list,...
Have your say: Yarra Strategic Plan
The Yarra River – Birrarung – is the lifeblood of Victoria. Flowing 242 kilometres from the Yarra Ranges, all the way through greater Melbourne and into the Port Phillip Bay – Birrarung is a vital source of nourishment for so many Victorians. Despite this, the Yarra...
NSW Coal Ash Inquiry: Have your say
In October 2019, the NSW government announced a Parliamentary Inquiry into toxic coal ash waste. Government Inquiries are an essential first step in understanding the health and environmental impacts of this enormous toxic waste issue and the solutions required to fix...
Call for stronger air pollution standards to protect our health
Right now, coal-fired power stations and motor vehicles are pumping out dangerous levels of nitrogen and sulfur dioxide. More than 3000 Australians die every year from exposure to air pollution. Thousands more suffer serious health issues like stroke, lung cancer and...