Health reporter Ray Moynihan welcomes the side effects of prescriptions to fight climate change
As one of the planet’s most polluting populations, it’s perhaps understandable that many Australians have a good deal of fear and loathing about cleaning up our act. What might lift our mood for change is the growing evidence that strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions can directly improve the length and quality of human life.
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