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The protests were among the largest in Australian history. Australia ranks within the top ten countries globally with respect to greenhouse gas emissions per capita. [14] The current federal and state governments have all publicly stated their belief that climate change is being caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.
This is a list of all major natural disasters in Australian European history. The natural disasters included here are all the notable events that resulted in significant loss of life or property due to natural, non-biological processes of the Earth within Australian territory. Due to inflation, the monetary damage estimates are not comparable.
[123] [4] [124] Much of the government and institutional policies related to climate change and environmental issues in Australia has been done so through a top down approach. [125] Indigenous communities have stated that this limits and ignores Aboriginal Australian voices and approaches.
Major environmental issues in Australia include whaling, logging of old growth forest, irrigation and its impact on the Murray River, Darling River and Macquarie Marshes, acid sulfate soils, soil salinity, land clearing, soil erosion, uranium mining, nuclear waste, the creation of marine reserves, [16] air quality in major cities and around ...
2018: An industrial fire started in West Footscray in a warehouse storing chemicals illegally caused health issues to residents and killed local wildlife from Stony Creek and Yarra River. [ 4 ] 2020 : A toxic fire erupted at an e-waste recycling facility in Campbellfield causing loud explosions audible from kilometres away.
Other environmental issues within the scope of the movement include forest protection, climate change and opposition to nuclear activities. [4] [5] In Australia, the movement has seen a growth in popularity through prominent Australian environmentalists such as Bob Brown, Peter Garrett, Steve Irwin, Tim Flannery, and David Fleay.
This article is a list of environmental disasters. In this context it is an annotated list of specific events caused by human activity that results in a negative effect on the environment . Main article: Environmental disaster
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