March 10, 2021 - Reporting on the election briefing are Dr Richard Yin, a GP in Perth and National Secretary of Doctors for the Environment Australia, Dr Brett Montgomery, a GP and representative of Doctors Reform Society in WA, Jaime Yallup Farrant, Convenor of Climate Justice Union, Louise Giolitto, CEO of WA Council of Social Service, and Fiona Armstrong, Executive Director of Climate and Health Alliance.
News & Media
Energy Australia to close Yallourn power station early and build 350 megawatt battery
March 10, 2021 - News that the owners of the Yallourn power station are bringing forward closure to 2028 is a step forward to reduction of pollution and emissions.
How climate change is impacting your health
March 3, 2021 - Dr Helen Redmond, visiting medical officer for Sydney's MetroRehab Hospital and divestment convenor for Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA), gave a TED talk in late 2020 explaining how climate change impacts on public health.
The health and financial imperative to improve health care’s environmental footprint
March 1, 2021 - Experts worldwide, including the World Health Organisation, consider climate change to be the greatest global health threat of the 21st century. Continue reading… Find our full report on climate change and the ...
Environmental collapse: It’s time economists put the planet on their balance sheets
March 1, 2021 - “A ‘ground-sparing’ economic report on biodiversity indicates that economic practice will have to change because the world is finite,” writes DEA co-founder David Shearman. Continue reading…
‘Clean coal’ is nothing but a marketing scam: Energy experts
February 22, 2021 - DEA members, along with other health professionals, have spoken out against a proposed bill that would allow the government to redirect funds intended for clean energy projects towards new coal developments.
Australia lagging behind on electric vehicles and climate action
February 15, 2021 - It was released as the Future Fuels Strategy and if anyone is in doubt as to whether the Government takes decarbonisation of the economy or climate change seriously, they need look no ...
Review says government must act decisively to overhaul Australia’s major environmental laws
February 9, 2021 - Last week, the long-awaited final report from a legislated 10 year review of the EPBC Act was released. DEA welcomes its recognition of the fundamental failings of the Act and its call for far-reaching reforms to improve environmental protections and restoration in Australia.
Dendrobium coal mine expansion rejected by planning commission
February 8, 2021 - South32 had sought permission to extract an additional 78 million tonnes of coal from its Dendrobium mine, west of Wollongong, until 2048.
High Court orders fresh hearings into approvals for New Acland coal mine expansion
February 3, 2021 - High Court orders fresh hearings into approvals for New Acland coal mine expansion
DEA Newsletter – January 2021
February 2, 2021 - The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
DEA Presents Before Climate Change Bill Hearing
February 1, 2021 - On the 29th of January 2021, DEA Chair, John Van Der Kallen, presented before the Federal Standing House committee for Environment and Energy's public enquiry into climate change legislation.
ABC: ‘Heat refuges’ may be one solution to Western Sydney’s climate emergency
January 15, 2021 - Last summer, Western Sydney, which experiences higher temperatures than the rest of the state, sweated through 37 days over 35 degrees Celsius. Local GP, Kim Loo, who is also the ...
7am: Climate change will kill you, part one- heat
January 6, 2021 - Australians are already feeling the effects of a warming planet on their health. Journalist Paddy Manning and 7am examine the impact of heat in the first of a three-part podcast ...
New DEA Podcast! Sustainable menstrual products
December 23, 2020 - This month’s episode on the DEA podcast is all about sustainable menstrual products. What are they? What do doctors need to know about them? Why do people use them? Are ...
Push for healthcare sector to reduce carbon footprint
December 17, 2020 - Croakey author Nicole Mackee quotes Hayden Burch co-author of the DEA zero net emissions report, in this article reporting on how far behind Australia is in reducing our greenhouse gas ...
Healthcare must be part of climate change solution
December 17, 2020 - PRESENTLY, the world is on track for a 3.2°C temperature rise with current emission pledges – a temperature incompatible with human civilisation, let alone healthy populations.….Written by DEA members Eugenie Kayak and ...
Should you talk with your doctor about climate change? | Helen Redmond | TEDxDarlinghurst
December 9, 2020 - Climate Change has been declared a health emergency by doctors all over the world. Dr Helen Redmond explains in this compelling and inspirational TedxDarlinghurst talk why climate change is a health problem, ...
Media release: DEA welcomes the WA Climate and Health Inquiry
December 7, 2020 - DEA welcomes the WA Climate and Health Inquiry the first statutory inquiry in the world focused on the health impacts of climate change. WA DEA Chair Dr Emma-Leigh Synnott says that ...
Media Release: Launch of 2020 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change
December 2, 2020 - In response to the 2020 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change which has revealed the most concerning trends in climate change impacts to date, DEA is ...