Canberra Times

My concerns for the future increase exponentially because the rise of greenhouse emissions. The effects of climate change will have exponential characteristics. Like COVID-19, action taken now will save lives, and the longer the delay the more difficult the task. Failure to act decisively on emissions by 2030 confers impossible action by 2050. Read more…

The New Daily

Boris Johnson’s near–death COVID-19 experience may be a blessing for the future of humanity. In a remarkable statement of thanks to his National Health Service carers in St Thomas’s hospital, the British Prime Minister gave some indication that his perspective on life may have changed. Read more…

Croakey

Currently our medical attention is rightly consumed by the Coronavirus Pandemic, but two additional world emergencies continue to eat away at the foundations of our lives: the climate emergency and the biodiversity crisis and the federal government will be relieved that its abject performance is no longer under scrutiny. Read more…

Renew Economy

The statement from the Santos chair that “Increasing LNG exports is the best thing we can do to reduce global emissions by replacing coal in household heating and cooking, industrial processes and power generation in Asia” must surely lead to some wealthy shareholder phoning Elon Musk to ask for a seat on future space transport. Read more…

Renew Economy

Let us be clear, gas will do nothing to decrease the carbon footprint in Asian countries nor will it help Australia reduce its domestic emission commitment to the Paris agreement. The facts show that gas is not a transition fuel for the electricity sector. Read more…

Independent Australia

Now that Australians understand the terrible impacts of global warming, the question arises whether we can curb our addiction to growth, for we must accept the conclusion that unbridled economic growth in its present form is incompatible with the environmental future of the world, which includes us. Read more…

Renew Economy

The Equinor project has died in the Bight; the development was supported by both major parties state and federal, and approved by the regulator NOPSEMA. The campaign against the project was based on medical and scientific facts which were not in the terms of reference for NOPSEMA, hence their approval. Read more…

Independent Australia

This retrovirus – which resides in super-spreaders, mainly males, is incurable. The overt symptoms in the National Party have led to the recognition that dangerous carriers also reside in the Liberal and Labor Parties. Rumor has it that the virus is introduced in food provided by fossil fuel industries at their frequent meetings with politicians. Read more…

Pearls and Irritations

In the US the Trump has ignored scientists when the facts didn’t serve the interest of government. Trump has dismantled environmental regulations to help coal and gas development. In Australia, Coalition unity is now prioritised above the climate crisis, and the stabilisation of Labor depends on the use of coal “for some decades to come”. Read more…

Pearls and Irritations

Australia is the climate change pariah of countries which are trying to deliver a fair share of emissions reduction. No longer can we tell them our domestic government is our business, the bushfires and our pathetic record on emissions is their business when we were simultaneously fighting record bushfires and exporting coal. Read more…

The New Daily

To produce gas from the Narrabr development, NSW is prepared to take the risks from the contaminants in water, added chemicals used in drilling and extraction processes, and naturally occurring radioactive materials, arsenic, mercury and volatile organic compounds – many of which can be harmful to human and animal life and to productive land. Read more…

The New Daily

Labor has to accept coal is a health hazard nationally and internationally, and health costs and suffering cannot be ignored. In adopting a similar position on coal, both parties are admitting that in our wealthy, advanced technological country they don’t have the will or ability to transition jobs. Read more…

The New Daily

Mr Morrison’s brain tells him climate change is humbug so he would rationalise this fire season as like any other. He was asked about the international independent report that rating Australia worst out of 57 countries; instantly, he said the report was “not credible”. His brain told him the report could not be true whatever it said. Read more…

Canberra Times

Let us be clear. It is the prime duty of any government to protect the nation. To many doctors the current failure on climate action amounts to negligence with people's lives. If politicians were a profession like doctors then some would appear before the medical board and be stopped from practising. Read more…

ResearchGate

This is a Submission to the Northern Territory SREBA Consultation draft for baseline data collection prior to commencement of unconventional gas mining in the Northern Territory. Read more…

David Shearman
Australians are suffering ill health and Australia is incurring economic loss because of grossly inadequate assessment and management of the health harms caused by resource and other major developments.
The rapid expansion of the coal and unconventional gas industries has not only created widespread community concern over health and environmental issues but it has exposed the inadequate processes whereby governments impose projects which in their view are in the interest of economic development. Read more…

Climate Spectator - July 2012

The tide of public opinion on climate change may be turning in the US with the impacts of massive drought, floods, storms and bushfires. A recent poll suggests so. Perhaps the removal of climate change from the realm of science to personal experience of physical and economic harm was always necessary for realisation.

Renew Economy - June 2012

There is now growing evidence of international investor concern over some health impacts of fracking in shale gas mining. An alliance of 200 institutions – which control more than $20 trillion of assets worldwide – is expressing concern over fugitive emission from gas mining and the potential impact on climate.

Renew Economy - May 2012

There is an important public health message for power producers and governments. It is no longer appropriate to harm people by burning air polluting fossil fuels when there are healthy alternatives.

Climate Spectator - April 2012

When the Titanic began to sink, British chivalry held sway – women and children were ushered to the life boats first, although not those from the lower decks (‘the other classes’). Today the climate change Titanic has already struck the iceberg for the children in the developing world. These are the predominant deaths in the rapidly increasing toll reported by the World Health Organisation.