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Canadian gold miner Crocodile Gold is pressing ahead with the development of the Big Hill open pit project at Stawell in western Victoria. The proposed gold mine would remove Big Hill, the major physical...

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH PRESS RELEASE Thursday July 24 2014 Friends of the Earth today released a new report on koalas and plantations. “The report hopes to shed some new light on this disastrous...

MEDIA RELEASE - 23 July, 2014 The Victorian Planning Minister Matthew Guy will amend wind farm planning laws to allow already-approved wind farms to use the best-available technology.Under the amended planning laws, wind energy...

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...

Over the last 6 months Friends of the Earth has been involved in a project mapping population numbers of the Strzelecki Koala. The Strzelecki Koala is the only remnant koala population remaining in Victoria...

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...

The Barmah-Millewa Collective has been working closely with Indigenous and environmental organisations to push for a fundamental reform in water management: recognition of the water rights of Australia's First Nations. Read on for an...

MEDIA RELEASE – 3 June, 2014 Friends of the Earth call on Premier Denis Napthine to clarify the Victorian government’s position on the Renewable Energy Target.