If you’re concerned about environmental issues and the urgent need to rapidly reduce the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, it’s hard not to get depressed. The Australian government is cutting climate action programs and turning...

What does ‘Ecological Thinning’ mean for your National Parks? The NSW State governments plan to run a trial of “ecological thinning” inside the Murray Valley National Park. The trial will use logging machinery to...

The Victorian Coalition Government has today released its energy policy document, Victoria’s Energy Statement. The plan has drawn criticism from renewable energy advocates at Friends of the Earth. The government’s plan takes a “business as usual” approach that fails...

The Green Pledge is a new Friends of the Earth campaign that involves taking 5 personal actions for one week to limit your carbon emissions to 50% of the average Australian. By getting friends and...

Why Victoria doesn’t need more brown coal allocations in our food bowl. The Coalition government and ALP continue to refuse to rule out a new allocation of brown coal reserves for new mines in the...

Environment group Friends of the Earth has condemned a call by NSW logging interests to open iconic River Red Gum national parks for commercial timber harvesting. The NSW Forest Industries Taskforce and a local...

What does ‘Ecological Thinning’ mean for your National Parks? The Victorian and NSW State governments plan to run a trial of “ecological thinning” inside the Barmah-Millewa National Park. The trial will use logging machinery...

The 2014 State election will set the agenda for environment and climate policy for years to come. So it’s time to put the major parties to the test on climate and environment. Who are...

FoE's Anti-nuclear & Clean Energy (ACE) campaign is co-ordinating some free skillshares over the next four months. Monday nights at FoE in Collingwood. ALL WELCOME!

Friends of the Earth media release. September 4, 2014 The government of the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia has just announced that it intends to introduce legislation to prohibit hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’) in shale...