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"We are seeing deadly heat and fires circle the world. The Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change warns we are fast running out of time to secure a
liveable and sustainable future. Without emergency action to stop mining and
burning fossil fuels, the world faces an unthinkable 2.8℃ temperature rise.
It’s incomprehensible, then, that many of our politicians support “unlocking
the Beetaloo Basin” in the Northern Territory and developing another 48 oil and
gas projects across Australia.
“Unlocking” means starting large-scale shale gas extraction. After drilling
through 3–4km of rock and aquifers, a cocktail of chemicals, sand and water is
forced down the well. This process of hydraulic fracturing is commonly known as
fracking. This brings to the surface, and then into the atmosphere, carbon that
had been securely stored underground for 300–400 million years.
Today we have launched a report that demonstrates the many risks of oil and gas
development for human health and wellbeing in Australia. Based on a review of
over 300 peer-reviewed studies, our report provides the public and
decision-makers with a summary of the now-extensive evidence of these risks."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
