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 ...
Opinion Pieces
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
General Practitioners’ responses to global climate change
October 19, 2012 - – lessons from clinical experience and the clinical method This interesting paper from authors in Australia and Canada deals with the role of general practitioners in climate change advocacy. Climate ...
Health impact justifies renewable energy
October 17, 2012 - We thank Medical Observer for permission to republish; a shortened version of this article appeared in the 16th October edition. All of our activities and industries have differing, sometimes complex, ...
Eternal growth: neither possible nor healthy
September 28, 2012 - A/Prof Hubertus Jersmann from Doctors for the Environment Australia explains why climate change means ill health. medicSA – August 2012. This article appears with permission and courtesy of medicSA, AMA (SA).
Coal Madness in Queensland
September 27, 2012 - Home truths must be told. The rapid development of the coal industry promoted by Queensland Governments (and NSW to a lesser extent) and sanctioned by the federal government, together with ...
Health ministers’ attacks on climate change action are just sick
August 21, 2012 - This article, co-authored by Fiona Armstrong and Stephan Lewandowsky first appeared on the Conversation and appears here under a Creative Commons licence. By Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Western Australia The ...
It’s time for change, and not just in our climate
August 12, 2012 - This article by Dr Eugenie Kayak appears with the permission and courtesy of Medical Observer. The original article is found here. “SUSTAINABILITY means more than merely lasting or surviving, it ...
New report from Beyond Zero Emissions
August 1, 2012 - Laggard to Leader- How Australia Can Lead the World to Zero Carbon Prosperity Last week I was both proud and relieved to be at Melbourne Universities’ Asia Centre for the ...
Doctors Applaud Coal Funding Cut as Positive Health Measure
July 29, 2012 - MEDIA RELEASE: Doctors Applaud Coal Funding Cut as Positive Health Measure Sunday July 29th 2012, For Immediate Release Doctors for the Environment Australia welcome Friday’s announcement of the withdrawal of ...