August 23, 2019 - THE NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) recently decided on the Dartbrook underground coal mine, writes Dr Bob Vickers. In its decision, they approved the mine to continue operations until 2022, ...
Opinion Pieces
Canberra Times: Faunal extinction is a huge part of the climate emergency
August 21, 2019 - A normal week, another loss of koala habitat for new housing estates, of forest to provide jobs in the logging industry, of land clearance for gas development and agriculture. As ...
(Unpublished) Letter to the Editor – The Australian
August 19, 2019 - “It is about time that Chris Kenny was pilloried for distorting the truth on renewable energy (The Australian August 12),” Dr John Iser wrote in a Letter to the Editor ...
Renew Economy: The other road toll we can no longer ignore
August 16, 2019 - We are confronted daily in the media with the deadly results of crashes on our roads and the tragedy that befalls those involved, writes Dr Graeme McLeay. Seat belts, improved ...
Do We Need Carbon For Transport?
November 4, 2014 - DEA Member Dr Bryan Furnass examines energy sources for transport across the ages, and considers a largely unexplored option: anhydrous ammonia or NH3. Click here to view Dr Furnass’s presentation ...
A healthy world without inequality
May 3, 2013 - This article by DEA Committee Member David King was published in Medical Observer 30th April 2013 and appears under a Creative Commons licence. THE social determinants of health have long ...
Food production in 2050
May 1, 2013 - A very well attended Industry Forum symposium entitled Food 2050 was held by the Institute of Agriculture of the University of Western Australia (UWA) on 10 April 2013. The challenge ...
We need to do our homework on the health risks of coal seam gas
April 15, 2013 - This article by DEA Committee Member Marion Carey was published in The Conversation 2nd April and appears under a Creative Commons licence. Last night’s ABC Four Corners program, Gas Leak!, ...
Urban Health – some reflections from Western Australia
March 31, 2013 - Urban Health – some reflections from Western Australia by Dr George Crisp. Perth’s recent rapid growth has resulted in increasing infill and suburban sprawl, which has made the subject ...
The unpaid health bill – the health burden of coal power plants
March 20, 2013 - The unpaid health bill – the health burden of coal power plants A recent study published on March 7th 2013 ‘The unpaid health bill: How coal power plants make us ...
Goodbye to Arua, Uganda and the population explosion
March 6, 2013 - If you speak to DEA members you find that they are members of many other organisations concerned with the environment, justice, equity, poverty and helping the poor. All these are ...
Coal’s Economic Cost to Human Health
March 6, 2013 - Hopefully the day will come when Alan Kohler points to his daily graph on ABC News and announces knowingly “today the cost of coal has doubled…… there was an unfortunate ...
Fight for the Tarkine
February 17, 2013 - Despite the Australian Heritage Council’s (AHC) recommendations, Tony Burke last week ruled out heritage listing for Tasmania’s Tarkine region – the only untouched temperate rainforest left standing in the southern ...
The environment issues we should be hearing about at this election
February 17, 2013 - The following article was first published in the Conversation and appears under a Creative Commons licence. The author, Prof Ian Lowe, is a member of DEA’s sceintific committee. By Ian ...
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 ...
Australia’s dietary guidelines and the environmental impact of food “from paddock to plate”
January 28, 2013 - DEA committee members Dr Linda Selvey and Dr Marion Carey write in the January 2013 edition of the Medical Journal of Australia. Their article is ‘open access’. Australia’s dietary guidelines ...
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 ...
Dealing with the health risks of unconventional gas
December 13, 2012 - This article first appear at the Conversation and appears here under a Creative Commons licence. Further information regarding unconventional gas can be found on our site here. By David ...
Forest and Biodiversity Update November 2012
December 4, 2012 - There has been much happening over the past month regarding Australia’s precious forests and more widely regarding our unique biodiversity. Firstly: It’s the news we have long been waiting to ...
Healthy Cycling in Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Hobart
November 28, 2012 - Frank Nicklason, DEA member, Hobart THE European cities of Amsterdam and Copenhagen have been transformed by a bicycle revolution. Recently, I spent a week or so in each of ...