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Pledge to support the fight against onshore gas
May 12, 2016
Worried about the risks that onshore gas mining poses to Victoria's water, food, health and jobs in agriculture & tourism? Declare your pledge - to Premier Daniel Andrews - letting him know you will...
Read More Add your reaction ShareUpper House MPs support ban on gas drilling
May 11, 2016
Gasfield Free groups across the state are anticipating the announcement by the Andrews Labor government in regards to onshore gas. During the past year it has been made perfectly clear that communities will only...
Read More Add your reaction ShareHave your say on Earth Resources Regulation’s Stakeholder Engagement Strategy
May 10, 2016
The Earth Resources Department of the Victorian government are currently reviewing their 'Stakeholder Engagement Strategy". The strategy outlines how they will improve engagement with us in relation to resources extraction projects, including coal, gas...
Read More Add your reaction ShareLogging in our National Parks
May 04, 2016
National Parks are protected right? They are the last remaining vestiges of land in Australia that are no longer cut down, hunted in or dug up. Think again. As we speak, there are large...
Read More Add your reaction ShareFriends of the Earth call for renewable energy ambition from the Victorian govt as ACT lifts target to 100%
April 29, 2016
Environment group Friends of the Earth have called on the Andrews government to set ambitious Victorian Renewable Energy Targets as the ACT government announces a ramped up target of 100 percent renewable by 2020....
Read More Add your reaction ShareAndrews govt’s second budget sees modest commitments on environment and climate: real work yet to be delivered
April 27, 2016
The Andrews government has delivered its second budget which focuses strongly on infrastructure, health, education and family violence. Environment group Friends of the Earth welcome the modest commitments on climate and renewable energy but...
Read More Add your reaction ShareSwitch your energy retailer and help the planet
April 11, 2016
Friends of the Earth has partnered with Ethical Switch for an 8 week fundraising campaign to focus on the impact that a household’s energy choices can make on the environment. The more we make...
Read More Add your reaction ShareRally to protect CSIRO climate jobs
March 29, 2016
A few weeks ago, CSIRO CEO Larry Marshall announced his plans to get rid of 350 more scientists, mostly from climate and environmental research. Malcolm Turnbull can step in and fix this problem. He can...
Read More Add your reaction ShareVictorian government rules out extension of energy subsidy to Alcoa smelter
March 18, 2016
National environment group Friends of the Earth (FoE) has welcomed today’s announcement by the Victorian Treasurer that the government will not extend the electricity subsidy to the Alcoa smelter in Portland. FoE campaigns co-ordinator...
Read More Add your reaction ShareHunt turns Red Gum Parks into firewood
February 28, 2016
The River Country Campaign was alarmed last week to discover that Greg Hunt, Australia’s ‘Minister for the Environment’, had approved a controversial logging trial in a NSW Red Gum National Park and Ramsar-listed wetland....
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