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Senate wind inquiry a witch-hunt, radical recommendations must be ignored
August 04, 2015
Friends of the Earth have criticised the senate inquiry into wind energy, branding it a witch-hunt and part of an ongoing campaign to demonise the technology (final report available here).
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Friends of the Earth support community call for Hazelwood owner to pay for coal mine firefight
July 16, 2015
Friends of the Earth support the Latrobe Valley community’s call for GDF Suez (Engie) to pay the $18 million cost of fighting the Hazelwood coal mine fire.
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Vic Premier confirms support for state Renewable Energy Target and jobs, as Abbott govt sabotages the sector
July 15, 2015
Premier Daniel Andrews – Forward-looking on renewable energy.
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Abbott govt bullies Clean Energy Finance Corp, puts ideology ahead of sound investments
July 13, 2015
The Abbott government is at war with renewable energy.
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July 04, 2015
News in this week is that Goldwind are going ahead with constructing a 75-turbine, 175 megawatt wind farm at White Rock near Glen Innes in northern NSW. This will be the northernmost large wind farm in...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Abbott govt fuels scare campaign by kowtowing to anti-wind interests
June 18, 2015
National environment group Friends of the Earth have criticised a deal struck between Environment Minister Greg Hunt and fringe cross-bench senators to regulate the wind energy sector.
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