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Farmland Not Gaslands is an empowering, short documentary that looks at the growing community movement against invasive unconventional gas projects planned for Gippsland and Western Victoria. The inspiring stories of these rural communities and what...

Friends of the Earth is proud to join GetUp, Doctors for the Environment Australia, Environment Victoria and others in supporting the Surf Coast Air Action campaign to end coal pollution in Anglesea on Victoria's...

The state government has announced a consultation process to determine community attitudes to onshore gas drilling. This includes the ‘unconventional’ gases – CSG, tight gas and shale gas. We appreciate that the government wants...

Friends of the Earth media release. June 24, 2014 An Australia Institute report released today shows the remarkable level of support given to the mining industry by state governments. It shows that each state...

Media Alert – Friends of the Earth 16th June 2014 Friends of the Earth today condemned the state and federal governments’ decision to subsidise Shanghai Electric’s plan to establish a brown coal export industry...

Friends of the Earth (FoE) has welcomed the Victorian government’s announcement that it will put the brakes on the onshore gas sector for 12 months. Energy Minister Russell Northe will today knock back the...

PLEASE NOTE that today's planned ride has been cancelled as a result of yesterday's announcement by the government. On thursday May 29, community members from Seaspray in Gippsland will ride horses up Bourke Street...

Friends of the Earth are shocked by the Essential Services Commission's decision to grant Alcoa a license to pollute, ignoring the wishes of Anglesea residents who want the coal power plant closed.    

Residents of Seaspray are nervously awaiting a decision by the Minister for Resources and Energy, Russell Northe. Mr Northe needs to decide whether to approve an application from Lakes Oil to carry out horizontal...

Environmental group Friends of the Earth (FoE) has welcomed today’s announcement of the community consultation process on unconventional gas by the Energy and Resources Minister Russell Northe. “After many months of inaction by the...