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Emergency Management Vic's climate impacts program underscores need to restore state climate act
January 27, 2017
Emergency Management Victoria, the body responsible for our state's emergency management system, has launched a new program to help Victoria prepare for the impacts of climate change.Emergency Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley said climate change presents a challenge to the sector...
Read More Add your reaction ShareRecord global warming in 2016 as Matthew Guy opposition block Vic govt moves to strengthen Climate Change Act
January 19, 2017
New analysis released by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) over night has found record global warming in 2016 as the Matthew Guy opposition block the Andrews government's moves to strengthen...
Read More Add your reaction ShareRecord global warming in 2016 as Matthew Guy opposition block Vic govt moves to strengthen Climate Change Act
January 19, 2017
New analysis released by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) over night has found record global warming in 2016 as the Matthew Guy opposition block the Andrews government's moves to strengthen...
Read More Add your reaction ShareFriends of the Earth welcome Andrews govt plan to strengthen the EPA
January 18, 2017
Friends of the Earth has welcomed the Andrews government's plans to modernise and strengthen the Victorian Environmental Protection Authority in response to an extensive review of the body - the first since 1971. "We...
Read More Add your reaction ShareFriends of the Earth welcome Andrews govt plan to strengthen the EPA
January 18, 2017
Friends of the Earth has welcomed the Andrews government's plans to modernise and strengthen the Victorian Environmental Protection Authority in response to an extensive review of the body--the first since 1971. "We welcome the...
Read More Add your reaction ShareGina's #FrackTax
December 09, 2016
After a brilliant five year campaign which saw 75 Victorian communities declare themselves gasfield free, Victoria will be the first Australian state to permanently ban unconventional gas drilling and the process of fracking. The...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareGas company seeking bailout from taxpayers
December 07, 2016
Friends of the Earth media release. December 7, 2016 Lakes Oil is seeking $2.7 billion in damages from the Victorian Government after the state moved to ban fracking. It claims that the permanent ban...
Read More Add your reaction ShareAre you ready to move on climate?
November 18, 2016
2015 was the hottest year on record, and in February 2016, the world experienced weather that was 1.5°C above average temperatures for the first time. The Great Barrier Reef, tropical mangrove systems, and ancient...
Read More Add your reaction ShareMantle Mining leaves town, as community opposition to new coal grows
November 15, 2016
Locals from Mirboo North and surrounds were ecstatic to hear that mining company Mantle Mining walked away from their coal mining licence renewals last week. Six brown coal mining exploration licences in South Gippsland...
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November 08, 2016
This year, the impacts of climate change have been felt like never before - with extreme storms, widespread bleaching of the Reef and rising sea levels - and still our Government has no plan...
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