In the media
The Canberra Times: New report a code red on health effects of fossil fuels
August 14, 2024
Doctors say Australians must grasp the vast range of health threats fossil fuels pose, including cancer, heart disease, and mental illness.
Read More ShareABC Listen: Fossil fuels kill more people than smoking: report
August 14, 2024
Fossil fuel pollution kills more people globally than smoking, according to a new report from Doctors for the Environment.
Read More ShareAusDoc: I value my health, which is why I always wear a P2 mask when crossing busy roads
July 19, 2024
An underestimated health problem is lurking in our neighbourhoods--traffic related air pollution.
Read More ShareBlackheath Area Local News: Doctors for the Environment and Planetary Health
June 17, 2024
Shaun Watson is the NSW Chair of Doctors for the Environment Australia. At his home-away-from-home in the Kanimbla Valley, he talks about his motivation to fight for the planet, the health impacts of fossil...
Read More ShareGood Weekend: ‘Do you vacuum your lampshades?’ It was an idyllic town. Now it’s cursed by coal dust
June 13, 2024
Muswellbrook, a coal mining town with large-scale open-pit coal mines in the Hunter region of NSW, was in 2022 named the most polluted postcode in NSW and the third-worst in the country by the...
Read More ShareThe Australian: Coal, Oil & Gas are Health Hazards Open Letter
June 12, 2024
To the Australian Government Coal, oil and gas are hazardous to our health and wellbeing.
Read More ShareInSight+: Top End hospital leads the green revolution in health care
June 03, 2024
The Royal Darwin Hospital Campus Greening Project incorporates First Nations’ Knowledge of the natural environment and offers a template for climate adaptation and mitigation in healthcare settings across Australia, writes specialist emergency physician Dr...
Read More ShareIndependent Australia: Labor’s backward Future Gas Strategy is a disgrace
May 24, 2024
Labor has unveiled the Future Gas Strategy, a new gas policy to open up new gas fields and continue our gas exports. Minister for Energy and Northern Australia Madeleine King described the policy’s release...
Read More ShareAusDoc: A GP has been banned for climate activism — what are the implications for other doctors?
May 22, 2024
In 2022, Dr Sarah Benn, participated in a series of peaceful protests on fossil fuels within a prohibited buffer zone at the largest inland oil storage depot in the UK. During one such protest,...
Read More ShareAfter this budget failure, the health sector must rally to make the climate health emergency an election issue
May 17, 2024
The budget is a missed opportunity to address the impacts of worsening climate change on health, and represents a failure in our Government’s duty of care to protect Australians, according to Dr Kate Wylie,...
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