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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...

Well over 300 people turned out on a freezing night to stop logging in Mirboo North in Gippsland on the 14th of September. Local resident Marg Thomas said "Vic Forests (VF), were ill prepared...

The Andrew’s government purchase of the ailing Heyfield timber mill should now complete the transition out of native forests into plantations, environment group Friends of the Earth has said.   “The purchase of the mill...

Friends of the Earth's forest collective organised a massive day of action for National Threatened Species Day last week, on 7 September.  Our forest campaign released the Lawless Logging report with Goongerah Environment Centre...

To mark National Threatened Species day, Friends of the Earth Melbourne has released a report documenting 27 unlawful native forest logging operations in protected threatened species habitat and rainforest.  These logging operations have occurred...

While the rudderless Turnbull government remains divided over energy and climate policy, analysis by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) shows that it is Victoria's Renewable Energy Target that will secure the state's energy...

MEDIA RELEASE - 5 Sept 2017 Friends of the Earth welcome the Australian Energy Market Operator's Electricity Statement of Opportunities, and say the analysis shows the Victorian Renewable Energy Target will secure the state's...

On 7 September 1996, Threatened Species Day was declared to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the death of the last remaining Tasmanian tiger at Hobart Zoo in 1936. To commemorate the day this year,...