May 14, 2012 - By Linda Selvey and David Shearman from the Newcastle Herald 12 May DEA Editorial Comment; This article talks about DEA’s submission opposing this huge project. There seems to be inevitability ...
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An ABC of Climate Science; core references
May 13, 2012 - This initiative was stimulated by the department of Climate Change issuing a response to Ian Plimer’s 101 climate questions. In late 2011, Professor Ian Plimer, a geology professor and expert ...
Black carbon, methane and action on climate change, an update.
May 12, 2012 - This is an important topic because simple action on these short term pollutants reduces global temperature immediately. Their health impacts are therefore important. A year ago we provided an ABC ...
Club of Rome Report issues a warning about humanity’s ability to survive without directional change
May 10, 2012 - The Club of Rome, is an international think-tank that focuses on stimulating debate on achieving a sustainable future. The Club is continuing its tradition of supporting work that raises fundamental ...
How exposure to lead impacts human health
May 7, 2012 - We thank the author Peter Franklin, Assistant Professor in population health at University of Western Australia and The Conversation for permission to publish under Creative Commons. Editorial Comment Lead poisoning ...
Sustainable Anaesthesia is important to medical research and to climate change
April 30, 2012 - In the May 2012 edition of the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia there are a number of “highly sustainable” articles to be read. I commend you to peruse this edition of ...
Stumbling in the ‘green tape’ spin
April 27, 2012 - We thank the author Mary Debrett, Senior Lecturer in the Strategic Communications Program at Latrobe University and The Conversation for permission to publish under creative commons. With only inverted commas ...
Heat stroke, climate change and the elderly
April 24, 2012 - The increased attention to this topic in Australia and North America reflects the increasing incidence of heat deaths and the need for public health and community measures to address the ...
A Message from David Suzuki; the power of Corporations
April 20, 2012 - I suggest that the name David Suzuki will be known to all those truly interested in the future of the World. In a letter to friends and organisations he says ...
Minister Burke- don’t mine the Tarkine!
April 19, 2012 - Last month DEA’s Dr Dimity Williams- a Melbourne GP and passionate tree lover- went deep into the Tarkine with the crew from GetUp to help raise awareness on the threat ...
Tarkine Wilderness another victim of the Mining Boom
April 18, 2012 - For eight years conservationists have fought to have the Tarkine rainforest in Tasmania included on the National Heritage List. Yet despite its eligibility it is under threat from large mining ...
Climate change, catastrophic risk and disaster law
April 13, 2012 - We thank the author Rosemary Lister, Professor of Climate and Environmental Law at University of Sydney and The Conversation for permission to publish under creative commons. On 28 March the Intergovernmental Panel ...
Sustainability. The most Corrupted Word in the English Language
March 28, 2012 - If you have any commitment to the future of humanity you will groan when you see the word sustainability. It must be the most corrupted word in the English language, ...
Climate change, an important study “What Australia can learn from the world’s best de-carbonisation
March 23, 2012 - 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 ...
The Greening of Medicine
March 6, 2012 - By Ray Moynihan This paper in the British Medical Journal explores early preparations for a low carbon health system The following are excerpts: The depth of the climate crisis has ...
Climate change will shake the Earth
February 28, 2012 - This article from Bill McGuire professor of geophysical and climate hazards at University College London. Summarises his recent book “Waking the Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis and ...
Environmental and Development Challenges: the Imperative to Act
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 ...
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 ...