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Media Release: Doctors Lament The Health Costs of HRL Power Station Approval
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 29th March 2012 Doctors for the Environment Australia today expressed disappointment at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal's decision to approve the 600 MW HRL Dual Gas coal fired power station. The VCAT decision overturns a previous Environment Protection Authority…
Read More | Filed in: Media Releases Opinion & Commentary | 30 March 2012 - Dr Eugenie Kayak -
Doctors dismiss the Energy White Paper as a prescription for the 1950s and a recipe for ill health
MEDIA RELEASE: Doctors for the Environment Australia are dismayed by the inadequacies of the Draft Energy White Paper (EWP). It must be rewritten with input from health, agriculture, economics, environmental and climate change science and also from renewable energy industries. The EWP repeats short-sighted…
Read More | Filed in: Media Releases Opinion & Commentary | 20 March 2012 - Joy -
Landmark Hearing - Doctors vs Coal
MEDIA RELEASE: This week, medical group Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA), were at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal arguing against the EPA's approval of a new coal power station for Victoria on health grounds. This is the first time a medical organisation has challenged…
Read More | Filed in: Media Releases Opinion & Commentary | 17 February 2012 - David Shearman -
“Coal a Health Hazard” Say Doctors
"COAL A HEALTH HAZARD" Say Doctors Health advocate against tobacco, Dr Kingsley Faulkner has turned his sights on coal as a major direct and indirect health hazard. "Australia is addicted to coal and we need to embrace alternatives to our reliance on it, as it is making many of us sick." said Dr Faulkner.…
Read More | Filed in: Media Releases Opinion & Commentary | 27 November 2011 - Benjamin -
Medical Student Petition Calls for Urgent Action on Climate Change
Medical students around Australia are calling on the Australian Government to take urgent action to prevent the negative impacts of climate change on health. The Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) and Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) have collected close to 1000 signatures…
Read More | Filed in: Media Releases | 02 November 2011 - Australian Medical Students' Association -
Maurice Blackburn backs doctors in power station legal challenge
Maurice Blackburn lawyers are supporting a legal fight by doctors opposed to the development of a syngas power station in the La Trobe Valley, which will be predominantly fuelled by brown coal. Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA Inc).along with Environment Victoria and other groups will argue…
Read More | Filed in: Media Releases | 25 October 2011 - Joy -
MJA Media Release - Carbon Pricing is a Health Protection Policy
This month's MJA features an important editorial on this topic and features an important article on coal by several prominent members of DEA. CARBON PRICING IS A HEALTH PROTECTION POLICY Carbon pricing is an important health protection policy that is vital for the public good, according to…
Read More | Filed in: DEA In Publication Media Releases Opinion & Commentary | 19 September 2011 - Benjamin
