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2 weeks ago FoE Melbourne launched a new Sustainable Cities Campaign with #WalkThisWay - a 15km community walk following Melbourne's iconic Capital City Trail. Community members are concerned about another massive toll road through the middle...

The Labor government's logging agency VicForests has begun logging in the Toolangi state forest, where critically endangered Leadbeater's possums have been found.  Logging commenced without a pre-logging threatened species survey to identify protected species...

Will our Planning Minister make the choice to listen to the concerns from the community or commit to more cars, pollution, and toll roads by doing a deal with Transurban? Send an email asking...

MEDIA RELEASE 9th October 2017 Communities have reacted with dismay and disappointment to the latest policy development from the VIC opposition, calling for royalties to landholders who allow gas drilling on their properties. This...

October 4, 2017 Environmental organisation Friends of the Earth (FoE) today welcomed Minister Lily D'Ambrosio's announcement that 1,200 hectares of land, including the Nationally significant College Creek has been handed back to the State....

  GREAT NEWS -- on 21st September 2017 the Victorian Renewable Energy Target passed in the lower house in state parliament! This is a historic moment for Victoria's renewable energy future. Victorian Renewable Energy...

New solar and wind farm projects announced just days after state government's Renewable Energy Jobs & Investment Bill 2017 passed the lower house demonstrates strong investor confidence in the Victorian Renewable Energy Target.

Please see below an update from FoE's anti-nuclear campaign with recent events, upcoming events, 'take action' requests, and some recent nuclear news.

Since I started as the FoE & PTNT Sustainable Cities campaigner I have been continually shocked as I learn more about the Transurban $5.5 billion mega-toll road proposed for Melbourne’s West.  What started as...

MEDIA RELEASE: 21 September 2017 Lower house passes Vic Renewable Energy Target: "Victoria a step closer to jobs, cheaper power, and climate action" Friends of the Earth have welcomed the passage of the Renewable...