October 28, 2019 - It is extraordinary that Energy Minister Angus Taylor continues to cling to a fossil fuel past at a time when Australia’s emissions are still rising and the urgency required for ...
Opinion Pieces
Letter to the Editor: Media must let the truth prevail
October 25, 2019 - Is there no end to the contention by climate change sceptics, who report in The Australian, that action is useless and that adaptation will see us through? asks Dr John ...
The Canberra Times: Populate and perish; the fleeting hope of a population policy
October 14, 2019 - The Launch of the new Centre for Population raised a flicker of hope of a remit to develop a population policy for Australia – but the hope was fleeting, writes ...
Newcastle Herald: Emotional toll of mining brought to surface
October 14, 2019 - The effects of coal mining are not only physical, they’re also emotional, writes Dr Bob Vickers. In the Hunter Valley, thermal coal mining is creating an adversarial culture in coal ...
Independent Australia: Morrison’s condescending response to kids and climate
September 30, 2019 - Climate change is difficult to ignore when medical authorities declare a climate health emergency, defence experts are concerned, insurance and business are sounding the alarm bells and children and their ...
Croakey: On an historic day for the #SchoolStrike, climate justice must be central
September 23, 2019 - Dr Ingo Weber, the lead organiser of DEA’s campaign No Time For Games, explains why doctors joined the global climate strike on 20 September which saw more than 300,000 Australians ...
Opinion: The right side of history? Labor’s noble climate talk lost in coal smoke
August 30, 2019 - Labor is all over the shop on climate change. This week its national president, Wayne Swan, is preaching that the party must stay on “the right side of history” and ...
Sydney Morning Herald: The right side of history? Labor’s noble climate talk lost in coal smoke
August 30, 2019 - Labor is all over the shop on climate change, writes Dr David Shearman. Labor’s national president, Wayne Swan, is preaching that the party must stay on “the right side of ...
Muswellbrook Chronicle: Singleton Dr Bob Vickers, and member of Doctors for the Environment Australia, weighs in on recent Dartbrook coal mine decision
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, ...
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 ...