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Today: Health workers call on Bowen to Save Lives with Solar
March 26, 2024
Health professionals will gather today at 11am outside Parliament House in Canberra to deliver an open letter signed by 25 organisations representing over 50,000 health professionals, including the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners...
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March 14, 2024
This weekend, Victorians like Linda, Alison, and Ester are set to face yet another period of extreme heatwave conditions. However, unlike most Victorians, Linda, Alison, and Ester also face an impossible decision; run the...
Read More ShareHealth workers calling for fossil methane emission reductions
November 22, 2023
Why are we talking about methane? Methane (CH4) is among the most potent greenhouse gases, largely due to its ability to keep heat in the atmosphere more than carbon dioxide (CO2) does, and methane...
Read More ShareMedia Release: Health workers welcome SEC investment in renewables
October 26, 2023
Healthy Futures and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) welcome the Victorian Government's announcement today detailing their significant commitment to rolling out renewable energy generation and supply via the State Electricity Commission...
Read More ShareWhat does El Niño declaration mean for health?
September 21, 2023
As the world enters the climate emergency, an intensified and unpredictable El Niño weather event has been declared in Australia. El Niño is a climate event originating in the Pacific Ocean, and that has...
Read More ShareMedia Release: Health Professionals Call on NSW Government to Phase Out Gas
September 12, 2023
Health professionals will gather today outside NSW Parliament to deliver an open letter signed by the Australian Medical Association NSW Branch, two medical colleges, the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association and nineteen other health...
Read More ShareOpen letter to NSW Premier Minns re: Eraring
September 11, 2023
“It’s quite simple really, the burning of coal causes air pollution which causes a raft of adverse health impacts and increases the risk of severe climate events. If we are to improve our health...
Read More ShareMedia Release: Health workers urge Loy Yang A closure by 2030 to save lives
August 21, 2023
Health workers expressed concern today about potential health impacts of the Victorian Government and AGL's agreement allowing for Loy Yang A to remain open until 2035.
Read More ShareMedia Release: Health Professionals to Call on NSW Government to Phase Out Gas
August 18, 2023
A group of health professionals from Healthy Futures and NSW Doctors for Environment (DEA) today announced plans to issue an open letter to the NSW Minister for Health and the NSW Energy, Climate Change...
Read More ShareMedia Release: Health workers welcome gas decision: “a win for health”
July 28, 2023
Friday 28th July Healthy Futures, a leading organisation of Australian healthcare workers advocating to reduce harmful pollution and limit climate change, along with medical colleges today welcomes the Victorian Government’s announcement that from 1 January...
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