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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 5h

The scariest thing about Halloween? The plastic waste! 🎃

Help protect the health of our planet by going plastic-free this Halloween.

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 8h

We need our government to fix the regulations to stop these assaults to our planet and ourselves.

As our executive director Dr Kate Wylie says in this article;

“Just like every cigarette is doing us damage, every tonne of greenhouse gas emissions that we add to the atmosphere damages us too."

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 8h

Groundbreaking research released today measures the health impacts that Woodside's Scarborough Gas Project will cause. It shows the harm to our health and the health of our environment.

We cannot pretend that greenhouse gas emissions from any one fossil fuel project don't count.

For the first time, scientists can show the impact of gas project emissions

Fossil fuel companies and governments argue it's not possible to link climate impacts to specific projects, but Australian researchers have done the numbers.

www.abc.net.au

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 3d

6. Dr Elizabeth Hu spoke on a panel at the Zero Waste Victoria Festival.

Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 3d

5. Various DEA Members + Friends fundraised for DEA by walking the Three Capes track in Lutruwita/Tasmania.

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 3d

4. Dr Kate Bendall was a finalist (top 4) in the 2025 Tasmanian Community Achievement Awards, with
her Dose of Nature program.

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 3d

3. Various DEA members + friends attended our Health + Climate Forum at Parliament House & Old Parliament House.

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 3d

2. Dr Cybele Dey ran a half-marathon to raise vital
funds for DEA!

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 3d

It’s been a huge few weeks for our DEA Team, here’s a recap of some of the wonderful things our members have been up to…

1. A/Prof Lai Heng Foong led a medical/resuscitation team
at City 2 Surf.

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Dave Peterson (He/Him) Ⓥ 🇨🇦 @fedupwithbadair.bsky.social · 4d

From @docsenvaus.bsky.social :

"Dr Carolyn Orr shares an amazing fact about air pollution. #health #climatechange #australia"

There is no safe level of air pollution!

www.threads.com/@doctorsfort...

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 5d

We're excited to share with you, 'The DEA Guide to Shareholder Activism,' developed by our Healthy Investment Special Interest Group.

View the guide on our website here: www.dea.org.au/the_dea_guid...

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 6d

Writing for @croakeynews.bsky.social, DEA members Dr Shaun Watson and Dr Kati Watson warn that the Federal Government’s plans to introduce a road user tax on electric vehicle drivers will be retrogressive, and call on the Government to put our health first.

Doctors speak out against road user tax on electric vehicles

The Climate and Health Alliance recently warned that the Federal Government’s plans to introduce a road user tax on electric

www.croakey.org

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 8d

A powerful article in the Medical Journal of Australia's Insight+ by our Board Chair, Professor Nicholas J. Talley, AC, MD, PhD, discussing why the climate crisis is a health crisis.

Read the full article here: insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/39/figh...

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 11d

SIGN OUR OPEN LETTER TO THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT 👇

We are calling on the Albanese Government to quit fossil fuels for the health of all Australians and for the health of future generations in the world.

Add your name to the open letter here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 12d

We are saddened to learn of the passing of legendary primatologist & conservationist, Dr Jane Goodall.

She leaves behind an extraordinary legacy & her important work advocating for the health of our natural world & all its inhabitants will never be forgotten.

Thank you for everything, Dr Goodall.

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brooksieg.bsky.social @brooksieg.bsky.social · 13d

Latest post to Alpha Earth:
open.substack.com/pub/geoffbro...

@docsenvaus.bsky.social

Lawfare waged where regulation fails

Doctors for the Environment lost to regulator NOPSEMA and energy giant Woodside in Federal Court, but exposed ineffective regulation of offshore fossil fuel developments

open.substack.com

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 25d

When we ask doctors to join us, the usual response is “I don't have time, but I agree with your cause”.

To these colleagues, we say, “Our work is funded almost totally by membership fees, so by joining, you are helping”.

Join Doctors for the Environment today: www.dea.org.au/doctor_membe...

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 25d

The National Climate Risk Assessment warns that climate change is putting the health of millions of Australians at risk.

DEA Deputy Chair A/Prof Chris Leung hopes the confronting report serves as a call to action for the country’s health system.

www.easternmelburnian.com.au/p/doctor-cal...

“This is directly affecting how I deliver healthcare”: Doctor joins call to action to prepare health system for more severe heat days

The National Climate Risk Assessment report highlighted increasing extreme heat and bushfire risk would escalate national health dangers.

www.easternmelburnian.com.au

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 26d

DEA condemns the government’s weak 62-70% emissions target, which fails to protect the health of Australians and our environment from climate change.

When will our government accept its ethical responsibility to put the health of the nation ahead of coal and gas exports?

Full media release below 👇

Doctors warn weak emissions targets ignore public health

Healthy Planet, Healthy People

www.dea.org.au

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 27d

From 2016-2019, heatwaves caused 1,009 deaths in Australia, according to new research.

Emergency medicine specialist Dr Kimberly Humphrey warns that global heating is adding strain to Australia’s already overstretched health service, with vulnerable communities being disproportionately affected.

Heatwaves caused more than 1,000 deaths in Australia over four-year period, study finds

Monash researchers say findings underscore urgency of addressing climate-related health risks as continent experiences more days of extreme heat

www.theguardian.com

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 29d

As health professionals, Doctors for the Environment Australia takes the projections in the report very seriously, especially as they echo concerns that we have been raising as an organisation for many years.

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 29d

This report should serve as a wake-up call for anyone still clinging to climate denialism or a business-as-usual approach to climate risks.

Our government clearly understands the risk- they must now accept their responsibility to not make things worse by moving us on from coal, oil and gas.

First climate risk assessment finds 1.5m Australians at risk from sea level rise by 2050

One and a half million Australians are at risk from sea levels rising by 2050 unless climate change can be limited, Australia’s first national climate risk assessment warns.

www.abc.net.au

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · Sep 13

Doctors and medical students, join DEA and add your voice to a growing movement of medical professionals committed to bringing about positive change for our planet and future generations.

Together, we can make a real difference.

www.dea.org.au/support_us

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Green Theatres Network @greentheatres.online · Sep 12

@docsenvaus.bsky.social Nitrous Oxide Webinar recording is now on youtube. It covers the issues with leaking from nitrous oxide pipelines and how we can significantly reduce the emissions associated with this wasteful system, without affecting patient care. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3uG...

AfterHours: Nitrous Oxide Systems

YouTube video by Doctors for the Environment Australia

www.youtube.com

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · Sep 12

A huge thank you to everyone who has donated to our Chuffed campaign so far 💚

Every donation, large or small, will go directly to ensuring DEA can keep standing up to fossil fuel giants like Woodside.

Can you chip in a few dollars to help us? Please share and donate if you can 👇

Doctors for the Environment Vs Woodside & NOPSEMA

In April 2025, Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) took legal action against the national regulator NOPSEMA, challenging its approval of Woodside’s Environment Plan for the Scarborough gas pro...

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