Sydney bushfire haze declared a public health emergency

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NSTworld: “Smoke from bushfires has produced air pollution of up to 11 times the base ‘hazardous’ level in parts of Sydney and New South Wales.'

Hundreds of climate change-fuelled bushfires have been raging across Australia for months, with a “mega-blaze” burning north of Sydney destroying several homes overnight and fires near Perth threatening towns.

The Red Rebels, part of the Extinction Rebellion Australia demonstrator group, participate in a climate protest rally in Sydney. -AFP “Our governments must act quickly to rapidly and deeply reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which we know are driving climate change.”

 

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