Australian Targets

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Sunday, May 23, 2021

Climatestrike: students continue pressure for Australian climate action

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Tens of thousands of students and supporters across Australia engaged in protest calling for an end to fossil fuel projects and to ramp up...
Sunday, May 9, 2021

Germany raises climate ambition at Petersburg Dialogue in leadup to COP26

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German Finance minister Olaf Scholz and environment minister Svenja Schulze announced new proposed climate targets to press in Berlin on Tue...
Friday, April 30, 2021

North Africa and Middle East Warning on heatwaves and extreme temperatures driven by global heating

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A few years ago climate scientists announced that in coming decades Melbourne and Sydney will experience 50C days. Those temperatures are al...
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Biden Climate Summit: Australia Fails to Deliver, remains a global outsider and climate laggard

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Here is a quick summary in graphic and point form where the main countries line up on climate commitments at the end of the Climate leaders ...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Sustainable sports fields are natural turf not synthetic in a time of climate emergency

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Moreland Council intends rolling out synthetic turf when evidence points to it being a highly problematic environmental and climate issue an...
Friday, April 16, 2021

Statement by John Englart on Synthetic Turf to Moreland Council

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  John Englart addressing Moreland Council on Synthetic Turf 14 April 2021 (Image courtesy Moreland Council) I made the following statement ...
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Literature Review: Synthetic Turf carbon footprint, environmental, health, microplastics and biodiversity impacts

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  Hosken Reserve: grass oval used for soccer training, informal reacreation, off-lead dog exercise (Photo by John Englart) Abstract:  T...
Thursday, April 15, 2021

Annotated Bibliography: Synthetic Turf and Climate, health, biodiversity and microplastics pollution issues

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Increasing use of synthetic surfaces and synthetic turf is problematic for Several reasons.  Synthetic turf is: Derived from fossil fuel pe...
Friday, April 9, 2021

Community Panel recommends 21 actions for EV transition for Victoria to reduce Transport Emissions

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Community Panel for Infrastructure Victoria on Transport Emissions. I was on this panel which had 211 Victorians (most age groups, Metro a...
Monday, December 14, 2020

UN Secretary General calls for leaders worldwide to declare a State of Climate Emergency

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United Nations Secretary General at the Climate Ambition Conference called for all leaders to declare a climate emergency. While previously...