July 11, 2012 - by Henry West, medical student at University of Tasmania and DEA Tasmanian Student Representative Continuing Tasmania’s longstanding tradition of heated and polarising debates concerning natural wilderness areas and their possible ...
Opinion Pieces
Rio 2012 set for failure. Where do we go from here?
June 22, 2012 - There has been little mainstream medical interest in Rio 2012 despite the fact that improvements in world health outcomes are intimately related to the out comes. The issues raised for ...
Doctors prescribe action re bike funding as a public health measure
June 20, 2012 - MEDIA RELEASE: Doctors call on Baillieu Government to restore spending on bicycle infrastructure as a public health measure Medical organisation, Doctors for the Environment Australia, has today lent its support ...
How contact with nature can benefit our health.
June 10, 2012 - Instinctively, we want contact with nature – we’d all like the office with a view of the park instead of a view of the carpark. Yet few doctors are aware ...
DEA at the AMA National Conference in Melbourne, 26th May 2012
June 3, 2012 - by Dr Dimity Williams. DEA’s Victorian Committee had several members promoting our organisation at the AMA National Conference last Saturday. It was a very worthwhile initiative and it seems that ...
Clear the air in coal versus health debate
May 14, 2012 - By Linda Selvey and David Shearman from the Newcastle Herald 12 May DEA Editorial Comment; This article talks about DEA’s submission opposing this huge project. There seems to be inevitability ...
Illness and Pollution at Port Augusta; Doctors Prescribe Solar Thermal Treatment
May 2, 2012 - There is an important public health message for power producers and governments. It is no longer appropriate to harm people by burning air polluting fossil fuels when there are healthy ...
The “Titanic Nature” of Climate Change
April 16, 2012 - The “Titanic Nature” of Climate Change Is our journey on the ship “Climate Change” to end like that of “The Titanic”? This intriguing thought from James Cameron leads one to ...
The financial and human costs of ignoring climate change
April 12, 2012 - Perhaps the most interesting admission of the year came from US Senator James Inhofe, a climate change denier, who has referred to climate change as the Third Reich’s Big Lie. ...
James Hansen of NASA says a carbon tax must be universal – Edinburgh Medal Oration
April 10, 2012 - James Hansen of NASA says a carbon tax must be universal – Edinburgh Medal Oration James Hansen of NASA says a carbon tax must be universal – Edinburgh Medal Oration ...
What is climate change adaptation?
April 9, 2012 - This Q&A is part of the Guardian’s ultimate climate change FAQ. It is published here under a Creative Commons licence: This post (The Guardian) / CC BY-ND 2.0 Grantham Research ...
How the low carbon economy can improve health
April 5, 2012 - We strongly recommend this article in the BMJ by Andy Haines, professor of public health and primary care and Carlos Dora, co-ordinator in public health at WHO. For those speaking ...
Climate change – ‘What Australia can learn from the world’s best de-carbonisation’
April 4, 2012 - Climate change – ‘What Australia can learn from the world’s best de-carbonisation’ We thank the authors John Wiseman and Taegan Edwards and The Conversation for permission to publish under Creative ...
An important legal decision on coal power in Australia
April 3, 2012 - by Dr David Shearman. It is incongruous that in the same week that the USA EPA announced a greenhouse gas emission target of 0.45 t/MWh for new power plants, effectively ...
Climate change action in Australia- Go back to Go
April 2, 2012 - Two weeks of shame This is a personal opinion but probably reflects the majority of our members some of whom have written to us saying they are “ashamed” -Editor In ...
Doctors Lament The Health Costs of HRL Power Station Approval
March 30, 2012 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 29th March 2012 Doctors for the Environment Australia today expressed disappointment at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal’s decision to approve the 600 MW HRL Dual Gas ...
It’s time to Getup! and save the Tarkine
March 28, 2012 - A few weeks ago I was thrilled to be part of an expedition into the Tarkine rainforest of Tasmania organised by Getup! as part of their campaign to protect this ...
Energy White Paper: The true cost of backwards thinking
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 ...
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 ...