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Rally to Declare Victoria Gasfield Free
August 19, 2015
With the state inquiry into unconventional gas coming to a close we need to make our message clearer than ever before, that unconventional gas will never be welcome in Victoria. Join the over 60...
Read More Add your reaction ShareCommunities heartened by Auditor General's warning of potential "damaging legacy" over unconventional gas mining
August 19, 2015
media release August 19, 2015 Friends of the Earth Communities across Gippsland and Western Victoria are relieved and heartened that today's Victorian Auditor General's report has warned the government that well recognised risks may make unconventional...
Read More Add your reaction ShareOur best chance to stop unconventional gas drilling in Victoria
August 05, 2015
Today, Avant Card has started to distribute thousands of cards around Victoria urging people to support a permanent ban on unconventional gas drilling. With a state government Inquiry into this industry currently underway, this...
Read More Add your reaction Share“It’s a marathon fight”: Mirboo North battles against coal
August 03, 2015
By now most of us are familiar with the little South Gippsland town of Mirboo North (population 2688 or thereabouts). We know the name because it has been under siege by the threat of...
Read More Add your reaction ShareFracking the Planet with the TPP
July 30, 2015
As Trade Ministers meet in Hawaii to continue the secret negotiations of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), Friends of the Earth Melbourne’s Economic Justice Collective have released a paper titled ‘Fracking the Planet: How the Trans...
Read More Add your reaction Shareunconventional gas industry has no social license
July 22, 2015
unconventional gas industry has no social license Friends of the Earth media release. July 22, 2015 New polling commissioned by The Greens highlights the strong opposition to the unconventional gas industry in metropolitan areas....
Read More Add your reaction ShareGDF Suez refusal to pay for cost of Hazelwood coal disaster reinforces need to regulate the sector
July 07, 2015
MEDIA RELEASE: 7 July, 2015 National environment group Friends of the Earth say news the owner of Hazelwood is refusing to pay the $18 million cost of fighting last year's fire that occurred in...
Read More Add your reaction ShareNationals vote on Unconventional Gas Inquiry a betrayal of rural communities
May 19, 2015
Friends of the Earth media release. May 27, 2015 In an extraordinary move, The Nationals have voted against a Greens Amendment to the Onshore Unconventional Gas Inquiry . When the Terms of Reference (TOR)...
Read More Add your reaction ShareUnconventional gas Inquiry gets underway
May 07, 2015
Friends of the Earth media release. May 7, 2015 Friends of the Earth has welcomed the announcement of the process and timelines for the state inquiry into unconventional gas. “The terms of reference are...
Read More Add your reaction ShareCommunities must have the right to veto mining
February 25, 2015
Friends of the Earth media release. February 25, 2015. The Victorian National Party has announced that it supports farmers having the right to veto gas drilling operations on their land. “We are heartened to...
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