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Communities rejoice and whales sing as TGS seismic blasting plan scrapped
September 26, 2024
Seismic blasting multinational TGS announced this morning that they have decided not to proceed with the Otway blasting plan, withdrawing from NOPSEMA assessment. Under the proposal, TGS were to blast the Otway Basin off...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareMEDIA RELEASE - Don't believe the hype: Victoria can halve gas use with electric heating
September 09, 2024
Media reports today that Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has “backflipped” on a ban on cooktops are inaccurate and an unhelpful distraction from gas heaters which guzzle half of the gas used in Victoria and...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareMinimum standards for rentals and rooming houses - SUBMIT TODAY
June 26, 2024
The Victorian Government is proposing a series of reforms to improve energy efficiency for the one third of househoulds in Victoria that are rental properties. Friends of the Earth Melbourne encourages everyone - particularly...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareSaving Rental Energy
June 10, 2024
About a third of the gas used domestically in Australia is used in Victoria, and of that about half is burned on heating buildings, many of which are inefficient. And rental homes are some...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareMedia release: Beach Energy production approval a disaster for climate and marine ecosystems
June 06, 2024
[Image credit: Michael J Fromholtz] Friends of the Earth Melbourne has today slammed the Victorian Government decision to approve Beach Energy's production of gas from near the Twelve Apostles off the Otway coast.
Read More 1 Reaction ShareProposed rental energy reform welcome in Victoria
June 03, 2024
Friends of the Earth Melbourne encourages everyone - particularly renters in Victoria - to write a submission for the draft Regulatory Impact Statement on Minimum Standards for Rental Properties and Rooming Houses. Submissions are due...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareWrite a submission on the future of the gas pipeline system!
December 19, 2023
Big changes are proposed to make the Victorian gas pipeline system harder to connect to, easier to disconnect from and make distribution companies more accountable. MAKE AN EASY SUBMISSION BEFORE 5PM THURSDAY 21 DECEMBER!...
Read More Add your reaction ShareMEDIA RELEASE: Victorian Gas Substitution Roadmap 2.0 – does it go far enough?
December 14, 2023
Friends of the Earth Melbourne welcomes the release today of the second edition of the Victorian Gas Substitution Roadmap (VGSR).
Read More 1 Reaction ShareMEDIA RELEASE: FoE Welcomes SEC Announcement
October 26, 2023
But needs to be matched with plan to shut down gas distribution
Read More 1 Reaction ShareHundreds attend Protest Against Seismic Blasting in Warrnambool
October 23, 2023
More than 300 people braved extreme weather conditions in Warrnambool to stand alongside First Nations community members who are resisting destructive marine industrialisation.
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