Late last year, Australia’s nine environment ministers met to decide on new national air pollution standards for coarse particle (PM₁₀) and fine particle (PM_2.5) emissions. Unfortunately…Commonwealth Environment Minister Greg Hunt who pledged ‘clean air is a signature objective of my watch’ was entirely silent on the matter of the new standards…At a time when we’re seeing a reappearance of deadly Black Lung Disease among coal miners, it’s clear that self monitoring by industry just won’t work…There’s a lot of work to do but, like you, we’re committed to the goal of achieving clean, healthy air for all Australians.

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