DEA - Doctors for the environment

  • Coal seam gas health effects need more scrutiny

    This article by DEA Committee Member Marion Carey was published in Medical Observer 20 March 2012.  We thank medical Observer for permission to publish. IMAGINE you are a farmer whose land has been in the family for generations. You’ve nurtured it through the tough times. A coal seam gas (CSG)…

    Read More | Filed in: DEA In Publication External News Other News Stories | 26 March 2012 - Marion Carey

  • Climate change, an important study “What Australia can learn from the world’s best de-carbonisation

    We thank the authors John Wiseman and Jaegan Edwards and The Conversation https://theconversation.edu.au/ for permission to publish under Creative Commons Around the world an increasing number of detailed policy road maps are demonstrating the possibility, necessity and urgency of a rapid transition…

    Read More | Filed in: External News Other News Stories | 23 March 2012 - Joy

  • The Tarkine Forest under threat - Again

    This article on the Tarkine Forest and related issues formed the basis of a March newsletter to all members of Doctors for the Environment Australia. The Tarkine , DEA and get-Up Dr Dimity Williams, DEA Victorian Secretary and National Committee member has been chosen (with 10 others) to go on a tour…

    Read More | Filed in: Other News Stories | 19 March 2012 - Joy

  • The World’s Worst Toxic Pollution Problems 2011

    Recommended reading and good reference source This report from the Blacksmith Institute in partnership with Green Cross Switzerland is an excellent resource. Reports from NGO’s are vital because government reports are often manipulated. For example in the case of reports from FAO submitted information…

    Read More | Filed in: Other News Stories | 09 December 2011 - Joy

  • Climate change. How do we lead the Blind?

    “The reality is that climate change of the order and time frames predicted by climate scientists poses fundamental questions of human security, survival and the stability of nation states which necessitate judgments about political and strategic risk as well as economic cost.” This an introductory…

    Read More | Filed in: Other News Stories | 11 September 2006 - Annie Roberts
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