Premier should read 1995 EPA report

Will the Premier act on climate change?

As the Premier of NSW charges ahead to reboot the economy post pandemic, it is appropriate to enquire if she will tackle climate change with the same fervour and resources.

In a recent ruling in the Land and Environment Court, the chief judge ordered the EPA "to develop environmental quality objectives, guidelines and policies to ensure environment protection from climate change".

As the Premier will not be attending the daily ritual of updating the media on the latest pandemic data, she will have the time to personally supervise the EPA's resources to adhere to the chief judge's ruling.

I recommend the Premier reads the EPA's summary report "Regional Impact of the Greenhouse Effect on NSW" published in 1995, and act on the advice that has been ignored for 26 years.

Climate change action is a big ticket item for voters, who may have alternate options at elections with an increase in candidate nominations interested in environmental problems and problem solving.

The habitude of elected representatives is increasingly questioned as electors look to their futures.

Ettalong's heat island effect is solvable but not with existing attitudes to development.

The aged care development in Hillview St looks like an aged care fortress,with the only significant feature the remaining endangered ecological community, in danger of extinction.

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Letter, 13 Sep 2021

Norm Harris, Umina