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Renewable Energy & Jobs Forum – 2014
August 18, 2014
The renewable energy sector has created hundreds of jobs and generated millions of dollars worth of investment in south west Victoria, yet uncertainty clouds the sector’s future. Jobs and peoples' livelihoods hang in the balance. ...
Read More Add your reaction ShareStand with the people of Anglesea against more coal
August 07, 2014
There is a rally and march being held this Sunday, 10 August 2014, at 11am in Anglesea. Please stand with Anglesea residents as they unite to reclaim their town from coal mining.
Read More Add your reaction ShareNational Parks need funding, not logging
August 01, 2014
National Parks should be safe from logging right? Well, not if Coalition governments in NSW and Victoria have their way. The Barmah - Millewa Red Gum national park is under threat from a 'scientific...
Read More Add your reaction ShareEnvironmentalists support the Latrobe Valley call to re-assess new coal mining and create a ‘Health Conservation area’
July 30, 2014
Media release. July 30, 2014. Friends of the Earth Friends of the Earth (FoE) has supported the call from Latrobe Valley community organisation Voices of the Valley for the full rehabilitation of non-operational mine...
Read More Add your reaction ShareOur Energy Future
July 24, 2014
FoEs' Yes 2 Renewables and the Geelong Sustainability Group present Our Energy Future: Kitchen Table Conversation. As the world shifts towards clean, renewable energy sources, the Victorian government has put on the brakes. Wind farms...
Read More Add your reaction ShareBig Hill gold mine
July 24, 2014
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...
Read More Add your reaction ShareNew Koala Report Predicts No Easy Answer to Plantation Dilemma.
July 24, 2014
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...
Read More Add your reaction ShareNapthine govt takes first step to fix wind farm laws, yet more reform needed to create jobs and investment
July 23, 2014
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...
Read More Add your reaction ShareShut It Down
July 18, 2014
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...
Read More Add your reaction ShareJust Say No
July 16, 2014
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...
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