DEA’s Executive Director and GP, Dr Kate Wylie and DEA Board Chair Professor Nicholas Talley talked with Croakey's Melissa Sweet about Doctors for the Environment Australia report, Fossil fuels are a health hazard: A comprehensive report on the health impacts of coal, oil and gas, and a treatment pathway to reduce health harms.

The report, which was recently launched at Parliament House, highlights the harmful health impacts of fossil fuels, including global heating, air pollution, biodiversity loss, and plastic pollution and emphasises the need to quit fossil fuels to protect the health of all Australians. Currently Australia is the world's third-largest fossil fuel exporter and continues to approve new exploration and production, despite the International Energy Agency's warning against new fossil fuel development.

Read the full article in Croakey which was published on the 15th of August 2024