Q&A: panellists spar over coal as energy debate dominates

Doctor says respiratory and cardiovascular implications of coal should be top of Australia’s energy debate and warns Adani mine threatens health of millions The health implications of coal-fired power should be a main concern in Australia’s debate over energy generation, doctors have argued. Speaking on the ABC’s Q&A program, the chair of Doctors for the Environment New South Wales, Dr John Van Der Kallen, asked panellists why health was not a primary consideration in the d