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Three hundred thousand children: The public health verdict against new coal

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2018

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Bambrick, Hilary

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UWA Publishing

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Coal kills. It really is as straightforward as that. Every stage of coal extraction and use – the mining, transportation and burning of coal to feed our energy needs – brings with it known hazards that endanger lives. Furthermore, because burning coal for electricity is a major driver of global warming, the deleterious health impacts of coal also extend through space and time, creating increasingly complex challenges fo r human health and survival...

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https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733813088

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The Coal Truth: The fight to stop Adani, defeat the big polluters and reclaim our democracy

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