February 23, 2012 - DEA readers were introduced to the Millennium Alliance in 2009 http://mahb.stanford.edu/ The statement which follows comes from some of the most perceptive brains in the world and is published by ...
News
Living in the dusty shadow of coal mining
January 29, 2012 - Paul Cleary writes in the Australian (28/1/12). AUSTRALIA’S resources boom is already generating a lot of dust, noise and fumes, and the amount stirred up is only going to increase, ...
Climate Change & Health Report Launch
November 30, 2011 - The Climate Commission launched an important Climate Change & Health report on November 2011. DEA endorsed the report which was co-authored by DEA Scientific Committee member Professor Tony McMichael. Also ...
Stanford’s Paul Ehrlich fears the worst for a planet with 7 billion residents
October 26, 2011 - From Stanford University News Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich still sees runaway population growth as a threat to the planet, but is hopeful that humans can avoid the first catastrophic collapse ...
Coal’s Control of Government
August 11, 2011 - Many thanks to PhD candidate Sonya Duss, from the Fenner School of Environment & Society at ANU, for this article. A referenced version of this article is downloadable via the ...
Wildlife, biodiversity, climate change, population and economic growth
May 8, 2011 - We need more politicians who will talk at public meetings about the damage to ecology–our life support systems. This is exactly what Kelvin Thomson MP is doing in his talk ...
Fears over gas drilling more than hot air
February 23, 2011 - Last night’s ABC Four Corners program on coal seam gas can be a first important step in reform to protect the public’s health. It raises the question of why an ...
WHO – Children’s Environmental Health Training Modules
January 8, 2011 - A collection of over 30 modules with internationally harmonised information and peer-reviewed materials to enable health care workers to be trained, and also to become trainers of their peers and ...
Hypocritical Canada and the asbestos trade, a brief review of a world problem
December 11, 2010 - The ravages of asbestos induced lung disease are well known to the Australian community, but the problem continues throughout the world particularly in developing countries. This is a brief review ...
Future Justice edited by Helen Sykes; climate change and justice
November 30, 2010 - In making representations to our colleagues on the need to mitigate climate change we should not delude ourselves that all will bow to the reasoning of science, nor to the ...
Biodiversity, a fundamental for Human Health – an update
November 14, 2010 - Three years ago DEA produced a poster on Biodiversity – the Web of Life. It asked “Will the next generation inhabit a healthy earth?” The poster was very popular especially ...
Economic Health Growth
August 27, 2010 - Economic Health & Growth (High Res) Economic Health & Growth (Low Res) The words ‘economic growth’ appear in most news bulletins and political articles in the press. This poster raises ...
Pharmaceuticals; Permanent Pollutants in the Environment
June 21, 2010 - This article prepared for the ISDE web site raises the issue of pharmaceuticals in the environment and their possible appearance in recycled water, a highly relevant topic as we move ...
Drought, drying and climate change: emerging health issues for ageing Australians in rural areas
April 1, 2010 - Published in the Australasian Journal on Ageing, the abstract is reproduced here. Older Australians living in rural areas have long faced significant challenges in maintaining health. Their circumstances are shaped ...
Lancet series on health and climate change
November 29, 2009 - The major aim of Doctors for the Environment Australia for the past few years has been to educate our colleagues, their patients and governments on the health aspects of climate ...
Climate Change HEALTH blog – Paul Roth
August 27, 2009 - Climate Change HEALTH is a new blog by Dubbo GP Dr Paul Roth covering news and views on climate, health and the environment. Launched early July 2009, there are already 31 ...
Climate Change. A Letter to DEA from the Treasurer the Hon. Wayne Swan
August 27, 2008 - Early in 2008, Doctors for the Environment Australia wrote to all Federal parliamentarians about climate change. Because of the urgency of reducing greenhouse emissions we asked them to “Write to ...
Climate Change at the 2020 Summit. Success or Failure?
April 30, 2008 - by David Shearman. A personal view I was not at the 2020 summit, nor did I apply. Therefore my comments relate entirely to the written report, the submissions and the ...
Greening your Hospital: some useful sites for information
April 26, 2008 - Doctors for the Environment Australia has had many requests for help from members regarding sustainability in their hospitals. Most say that it is difficult to find sources of information. In ...
High & Dry: John Howard, climate change and the selling of Australia’s future; book review
August 2, 2007 - by Guy Pearse This book, published by Penguin Viking, is a must read for anyone interested in the future of the world, climate change, the mal-functioning of democracy, corporate responsibility, ...