November 4, 2019 - From letters to the editor to feature articles about doctors stepping out to join the School Strike for Climate, this month’s edition of Medical Forum shows DEA’s WA members are ...
News
The Armidale Express: Armidale GP Dr Sujata Allan explains why climate change is the century’s greatest health challenge
October 23, 2019 - Dr Sujata Allan says that in her practice, she has already seen the toll a warming planet has taken on her patients. She states there is widespread concern about global ...
The Guardian: Australian power stations among world’s worst for toxic air pollution
August 19, 2019 - Dr Ben Ewald told the Guardian that there were places in Australia that had a serious SO2 (sulphur dioxide) problem and limits were set well above what was needed to protect human ...
An Australian Healthcare Sustainability Unit (HSU) – DEA Proposal
January 10, 2019 - A Healthcare Sustainability Unit (HSU) would assist the Australian health care system (primary, secondary and tertiary) to deliver quality health care in environmentally and financially sustainable ways. A HSU could ...
Proposed changes to timber harvesting in NSW’s coastal forests (July 2018)
July 16, 2018 - Former Premier of NSW Bob Carr is dismayed by Berejiklian’s environmental vandalism. In this submission DEA details just one aspect of this destruction – forest clearance. See below for the DEA submission to ...
Interim Emissions Reduction Targets for Victoria
May 8, 2018 - DEA is concerned by the outlook for human and planetary health of inadequate control of global warming and climate change. In a submission to the Victorian government on emissions reduction ...
On budget night, humans will trump other species, again
May 15, 2013 - Barney Foran always writes a perceptive article and we invite you to read this one from The Conversation in the context of the recent report indicating that climate change will ...
Shell breaks its 10 year promise not to develop World Heritage Sites
January 31, 2013 - The evidence of damage to the Great Barrier Reef continues to mount. This article by Andrew Jeremijenko provides further documentation. DEA has worked behind the scenes on this issue, corresponding ...
We must protect biodiversity if we are to protect ourselves
January 24, 2013 - It is encouraging to see that the European Commission has many policies and actions on biodiversity and this editorial from “Science for Environment Policy” is republished with thanks. We need ...
Moylan’s anti-coal message is an international one
January 11, 2013 - This article first appeared at The Conversation and appears here under a Creative Commons licence. Anti-coal protester Jonathan Moylan has said the main reason for his ANZ sharemarket hoax was ...
Coal seam gas: just another land use in a big country
December 31, 2012 - The following article first appeared at The Conversation and appears here under a Creative Commons licence. Coal seam gas: just another land use in a big country, this article on coal ...
Study links traffic pollution and autism
December 13, 2012 - This article first appeared at the Conversation and appears here under a Creative Commons licence. Further information on air pollution can be found on our web site here. By Sunanda ...
Humble pushie beats the car
October 19, 2012 - DEA member Juerg Draeyer appeared in the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin – 18/10/12 YEPPOON GP Juerg Draeyer has been practising what he preaches and riding his bicycle to work for the past ...
Future under threat: climate change and children’s health
October 9, 2012 - The following article appeared originally at the Conversation and appears here under a Creative Commons licence. By Brad Farrant, University of Western Australia Climate change has been widely recognised by ...
Climate science is not about ‘belief’: Chief Scientist
September 2, 2012 - This article first appeared on The Conversation and appears here under a Creative Commons licence. By Charis Palmer, (Editor, The Conversation) Australia’s Chief Scientist Ian Chubb says teaching the scientific ...
One Planet, How Many People? A Review of Earth’s Carrying Capacity. In-Depth Report
July 10, 2012 - It is estimated that global population reached seven billion in late 2011 or early 2012. As global population has doubled since the 1960s, per capita GDP has grown to more ...
Coal curse: the black side of the subsidised resources boom
July 8, 2012 - This article by Sturt Rosewarne and Linda Connor summarises the economic and occupational aspects of the industry. Our position is detailed in a briefing paper and in a policy paper ...
Inquiry into Environment Design and Public Health in Victoria 2012
July 5, 2012 - Doctors for the Environment Australia made a submission to this Inquiry which was prepared by Dr Marion Carey. The Report is now available and its findings are discussed by Dr ...
The Rinehart dig at climate journalism
June 28, 2012 - Doctors for the Environment Australia is publishing this article by Daniel Palmer because it raises some of the issues that we are increasingly likely to encounter in our advocacy for ...
Diesel exhaust causes lung cancer and we subsidise its use
June 25, 2012 - The World Health Organisation has concluded that “Diesel exhaust is a cause of lung cancer (sufficient evidence) and also noted a positive association (limited evidence) with an increased risk of ...