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 ...
Opinion Pieces
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 ...
Ross River Virus in Tasmania: A case study for climate change adaptation
November 27, 2012 - On November 20th, Tasmanian DEA Members Dr Frank Nicklason and Rohan Church attended a multidisciplinary workshop as part of a study assessing the risk and vulnerability of the Tasmanian community ...
Air pollution from coal seam gas may put public health at risk
November 24, 2012 - This article was first published at the Conversation and appears here under a Creative Commons licence. By Marion Carey, Monash University Concerns about the unconventional gas industry’s environmental impacts ...
DEA & NTN 15/11/2012 – Coal Seam Gas Pollution
November 15, 2012 - Media Release: DEA & NTN 15/11/2012 – Coal Seam Gas Pollution FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : 15th November , 2012 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Dr Helen Redmond Doctors for the Environment ...
Gilding on Global Crises
November 15, 2012 - How prepared are you for the coming crises? A recent speech by Paul Gildings to business leaders is salient to all of us. Consistent with his recent book “the Great ...
Tasmanian Forests Update
November 13, 2012 - After two years of intense negotiations, the Tasmanian forest peace talks between the environment movement and the timber industry, spectacularly collapsed over the weekend. Despite strong support for an outcome ...
Children & Nature Seminar
November 11, 2012 - ‘Children and Nature: Why they need each other’ was the title of a seminar held last week at the Royal Botanic Garden’s Australian Garden in Cranbourne, Melbourne. The speaker was ...
Carbon pawprints?
November 9, 2012 - People around the world are worrying about their carbon footprint. But what about their furry friends’ carbon pawprints? Guy Pearse, well known for his writing exposing the links between ...
Explainer: what is biodiversity and why does it matter?
November 7, 2012 - The following article by CSIRO authors, Steve Morton, Andy Sheppard and Mark Lonsdale appeared originally at the Conversation and appears here under a Creative Commons licence. The authors outline the ...
Global coal study highlights serious health risks in the Hunter
October 31, 2012 - Media Release – Monday 29 October, 2012 A report on international research evidence about the impacts of coal mining on people’s health has found increased risks of serious illnesses ...
Presidential debate bans “climate change”
October 26, 2012 - Presidential debate bans “climate change” In an interdependent World we have to be concerned about action in the world’s biggest economy. The decisions made in the US will have a ...