For the past 8 years environmentalist Brendan Condon has been working to build Australia’s first zero carbon housing project at Cape Paterson near Wonthaggi. This  Ecovillage will build 200 highly sustainable houses. Recently the...

On Saturday, July 17 we’re asking you to join with us in community actions across Australia calling on Kevin Rudd to make a commitment to Replace Hazelwood with clean energy by 2012. FoE is...

In support of Traditional owners from  Muckaty in the Northern Territory, who are opposing the site selection for the Nations first Radioactive waste dump. Resources minister Martin Ferguson is planning to dump nuclear waste...

Kelvin Thomson, the member for the federal electorate of Wills, has endorsed the campaign by the Victorian climate change movement for the closure of the ageing and dirty Hazelwood coal fired power station. It...

Friends of the Earth has welcomed today's release of 'Victoria's Energy Future' by the Minister for Energy Peter Batchelor. We acknowledge the fact that the Brumby government is taking such a proactive approach to...

Hazelwood is Australia’s dirtiest power station. This election year, we’re calling on the Victorian and Federal Governments to commit to Replace Hazelwood with Clean Energy by 2012. Please join the campaign.

Friends of the Earth (FoE) today expressed alarm at the high levels of lead recorded in Ballarat and district drinking water. FoE conducted a Freedom of Information request with Central Highlands Water earlier in...

Friends of the Earth is extremely disappointed that Yarra Ranges Shire, gave approval at Council's meeting on Tuesday June 22, for the construction of the Eastern Golf Club at Yering. The new course is...

2.45pm TODAY (Friday June 25) Langham Hotel, Southgate Avenue, Southbank. Melbourne Simon Crean is due to sign a deal, in Melbourne today, to export Victorian brown coal to Vietnam. With less than 24 hours...

Friends of the Earth have released a report regarding water quality issues in Ballarat, Bendigo and Benalla. Key findings of the report show that Ballarat had several times the breaches of the Australian Drinking...