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Melbourne's Future Water report “some great ideas: but we still don't need the desal plant or pipeline
February 07, 2014
Today's release of the Report into Melbourne's Future Water Supply shows a depth of analysis that must give hope to people concerned about sustainable water policy.
Read More Add your reaction ShareNew owners of Australian Paper to face customer backlash
February 07, 2014
Friends of the Earth and the Melbourne Water Catchment Network have warned that the Nippon Paper Group, the new owners of Australian Paper, will be under intense pressure from a ‘consumer awareness campaign’ to...
Read More Add your reaction ShareProtesters vow to stop illegal Red Gum Logging
February 07, 2014
Environmentalists and Traditional Owners have established a peaceful direct action camp today (June 1), vowing to prevent further logging in the Millewa Red Gum wetlands on the Murray River in NSW.
Read More Add your reaction ShareMelbourne Aboriginal rights activists to protest the acquisition of Alice Springs town camps
February 07, 2014
In response to the announcement by Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin to compulsorily acquire the Alice Springs town camps, activists from the Alice Springs based Rollback the Intervention Group have called for national protests...
Read More Add your reaction ShareFriday June 19 Strzelecki Forest Action
February 07, 2014
At College Creek, a site of National Conservation Significance, currently being logged.
Read More Add your reaction ShareWoodchip Exports Stopped as Rudd Neglects Forests
February 07, 2014
Major woodchip exports are disrupted today as forest conservationists take action at ports in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.
Read More Add your reaction ShareTullamarine toxic dump closed by community picket
February 07, 2014
A community picket closed the Transpacific Cleanaway's toxic dump in Tullamarine for an hour today, in preparation for an on-going picket that starts monday 25 May.
Read More Add your reaction ShareA green New Deal for Victoria
February 07, 2014
Two weeks ago we launched a brief document called 'a green New Deal for Victoria', which was a first attempt to articulate how our state could respond effectively to the interconnected issues of recession,...
Read More Add your reaction Sharelets get our housing regulations right – more jobs, less greenhouse
February 07, 2014
A straight forward way to drive the creation of green jobs, and in particular new jobs in manufacturing in Victoria, is to make sure our houses are built to a higher energy standard.
Read More Add your reaction ShareFriends of the Earth Latin American Indigenous communities campaign film night
February 07, 2014
A film night looking at the effects of 'reforestation' - the establishment of mass scale plantations - on Indigenous and farming communities in Uruguay. Tuesday May 26.
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