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 ...
Opinion Pieces
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 ...
The Tarkine
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 ...
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 ...