Donna Green

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UNSW Sydney experts explain why we should be looking for alternatives to cooking with gas. 

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Programs run by UNSW researchers will enable schools to identify indoor and outdoor pollution levels, and teach students practical ways to reduce this air pollution.

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We’re lagging behind on the shift to electric vehicles and clean transport. Here’s what we need to do.

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A new multi-university report spells out Australia's unique vulnerabilities to climate change and proposes solutions.

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$50 million could provide all NSW school classrooms with air purifiers with HEPA filters. This pales compared to the roughly $220 million-a-day cost of Sydney’s lockdown.

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Leading scientists, including Nobel Prize winner Peter Doherty, are calling on the Australian government to urgently fund research into the impact of climate change on human health.  

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Health educators are telling Australian parents they can protect their children from high levels of lead exposure associated with lead mining and smelting – yet there is no evidence this is true, write Donna Green and Marianne Sullivan.

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It's inevitable that some communities will live with a disproportionate burden of industrial air pollution unless we independently assess emissions data, write Donna Green, Jayajit Chakraborty and Mark Taylor.  

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The Australian Open has shown the world there is a temperature at which tennis players start to hallucinate about Snoopy. In a warming world, Donna Green asks: how hot is too hot?  

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Introducing a draft bill to remove the carbon tax is a symbolic first act of parliament for Prime Minister Tony Abbott but he faces a rocky road in getting a deal done, writes Donna Green.

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