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From Rural Victoria to Darwin: Fighting for a Frack-Free Australia
December 01, 2017
While Jemena carries on with the NT Pipeline construction and the State Government's Inquiry into Unconventional Gas is still underway, communities in the NT are standing up louder than ever against fracking. As...
Read More Add your reaction ShareFriends of the Earth win Premier's Sustainability Award
November 03, 2017
Friends of the Earth has won the Environmental Justice category in this year's Victorian Premier's Sustainability Awards for conducting a campaign to build community resistance to the potential threat of fracking.
Read More Add your reaction ShareFARMERS WON'T BE BOUGHT: Guy's new royalties policy won't do anything to lower the gas price, say Vic communities
October 09, 2017
MEDIA RELEASE 9th October 2017 Communities have reacted with dismay and disappointment to the latest policy development from the VIC opposition, calling for royalties to landholders who allow gas drilling on their properties. This...
Read More Add your reaction ShareSeptember 2017 Update
September 26, 2017
GREAT NEWS -- on 21st September 2017 the Victorian Renewable Energy Target passed in the lower house in state parliament! This is a historic moment for Victoria's renewable energy future. Victorian Renewable Energy...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareFirst year anniversary of Fracking Ban
August 30, 2017
The 30th of August marks a very special occasion for Victorians: the first anniversary of our state-wide ban on Fracking and unconventional gas.On this day last year the Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews announced...
Read More Add your reaction ShareFoE welcome $4.7 million Andrews govt grant scheme for climate action: "Program will bring jobs, investment to regional Vic"
July 24, 2017
MEDIA RELEASE: 24 July 2017 Friends of the Earth have welcomed an Andrews government announcement of a $4.7 million grant scheme to kick-start community projects that tackle climate change saying it will bring jobs...
Read More Add your reaction ShareCoalition of the willing on renewables welcome, but “must deliver existing state/territory commitments”
July 13, 2017
Friends of the Earth: Coalition of the willing on renewables welcome, but “must deliver existing state/territory commitments” Friends of the Earth, the environment group that coordinated the campaign for a Victorian Renewable Energy Target,...
Read More Add your reaction ShareState government coal policy keeps the door open to a dirty past
July 07, 2017
The Andrews Labor Government has released its coal policy this afternoon (the Statement on Future Uses of Brown Coal). National environment group Friends of the Earth says that this long awaited policy represents a profound...
Read More Add your reaction ShareScott Morrison tries to bully the states into accepting fracking
June 29, 2017
In a remarkably clumsy attempt to bully local communities, federal Treasurer Scott Morrison has threatened state and territory governments with financial penalties by cutting their GST distribution if they limit gas exploration. Mr Morrison...
Read More Add your reaction ShareFloating LNG import terminal planned for Victoria
June 08, 2017
Recent media reports about plans for a floating LNG import terminal in Victoria are deeply concerning. The terminal would allow Victoria, NSW and South Australia to ‘import lower cost gas, potentially from the US or Western...
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