March 27, 2012 - By George Crisp and David Shearman on 20 March 2012 in Renew Economy. We thank Renew Economy. The Draft Energy White Paper (EWP) displays a grave misunderstanding of energy issues in ...
Opinion Pieces
Coal seam gas health effects need more scrutiny
March 26, 2012 - This article by DEA Committee Member Marion Carey was published in Medical Observer 20 March 2012. We thank medical Observer for permission to publish. IMAGINE you are a farmer whose ...
Doctors dismiss the Energy White Paper as a prescription for the 1950s and a recipe for ill health
March 20, 2012 - MEDIA RELEASE: Doctors for the Environment Australia are dismayed by the inadequacies of the Draft Energy White Paper (EWP). It must be rewritten with input from health, agriculture, economics, environmental ...
The Tarkine Forest under threat – Again
March 19, 2012 - This article on the Tarkine Forest and related issues formed the basis of a March newsletter to all members of Doctors for the Environment Australia. The Tarkine , DEA and ...
Behind the Seams: who’s asking questions about coal seam gas and health?
March 15, 2012 - by David Shearman and Marion Carey, of Doctors for the Environment Australia from Crikey March 8, 2012 http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/03/08/behind-the-seams-whos-asking-questions-about-coal-seam-gas-and-health/ We thank the Editor of crikey for permission. Almost a quarter of ...
Something in the air: time for independent testing in coal areas
March 13, 2012 - Tens of thousands of Australians live and work close to coal-fired power plants. The cocktail of gaseous and particulate pollutants arising from coal power generation is injurious to human health. ...
The mining and burning of coal: effects on health and the environment
March 7, 2012 - Amidst the triumphalism of the story of Australian coal lies some dirty truths. Drawing upon international literature, DEA members Bill Castleden, David Shearman, George Crisp and Philip Finch have compiled ...
The Rally at Acland to oppose the Injustices of a Coal Mine
March 6, 2012 - By Karin English 2nd Year medical student at the University of Queensland, Ipswich Two weeks ago, as the representative of DEA, I was fortunate enough to attend this rally, primarily ...
Climate Change and Health: Policy Priorities and Perspectives
February 28, 2012 - Anthony J McMichael, Presented to the Global Health Security Centre, at Chatham House (London). December 2011 The risks to population health and survival, and to social stability, from climate change ...
Coal Seam gas: future bonanza or toxic legacy?
February 24, 2012 - Article for ACL Viewpoint magazine 23 January 2012 By Dr Marion Carey, VicHealth Senior Research Fellow, Monash Sustainability Institute Executive summary: – Large scale coal seam gas development poses poorly ...
Landmark Hearing – Doctors vs Coal
February 17, 2012 - Landmark Hearing – Doctors vs Coal MEDIA RELEASE: This week, medical group Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA), were at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal arguing against the EPA’s ...
iDEA 2012 – Registration now open
February 10, 2012 - iDEA 2012 – Registration now open Registration for the iDEA Conference 2012 is now open! You can register at the bottom of this page. Limited spaces are available – ...
DEA requests action from Minister Burke over Queensland’s Acland coal mine
January 14, 2012 - The Acland open cast coal mine, stages 1 and 2 are in operation in Queensland producing 4.0Mtpa. Since stage 2 became operative in 2006, local inhabitants have complained of severe ...
An ABC of Threats to the Great Barrier Reef
January 13, 2012 - The dredging of the harbour adjacent to Gladstone to prepare for the gas port at Curtis Island has coincided with the appearance of severely diseased fish in the harbour. This ...
DEA writes to Minister Burke over mining threats to Reef
January 8, 2012 - Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) has taken the unusual step of writing to Minister Burke and publishing the letter (below) simultaneously. DEA sees the issue as urgent and one ...
Climate change; beyond the cross roads
November 26, 2011 - Greenhouse gases soar; scientists see little chance of arresting global warming this century is a heading from Associated Press; it quotes the sources of its statements and they make sober ...
Capitalism vs. the Climate
November 20, 2011 - Naomi Klein, Canadian journalist and author of No Logo and most recently the Shock Doctrine: the rise of disaster capitalism, campaigner against tar sands, long time agitator against corporate greed ...
The Anthropocene and its Discontents
November 18, 2011 - The Anthropocene is a term applied to the human created era since the industrial revolution. Much of DEA activity relates to the need to address the adverse consequences of this ...
Mining and health; government versus the people
October 1, 2011 - It is perhaps fair to say that in a mining boom most community concerns become subservient to the needs of government and miners and this applies in both developing and ...
MJA Media Release – Carbon Pricing is a Health Protection Policy
September 19, 2011 - This month’s MJA features an important editorial on this topic and features an important article on coal by several prominent members of DEA. CARBON PRICING IS A HEALTH PROTECTION POLICY ...