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National day of action against the radioactive waste dump
February 12, 2014
Join us on Monday 12th April 11am at Parliament House in Melbourne for a walk to Federation Square, where there will be a creative, fun, theatrical announcement of the new radioactive waste dump site....
Read More Add your reaction SharePicket Peter Batchelor - Climate jobs Not New Coal!
February 12, 2014
Peter Batchelor, Minister for Energy and Resources Victoria, is attending the Victorian Coal and Energy Conference on the 30th of March. He'll be there to discuss the business-as-usual approach to climate change—Rudd's CPRS and...
Read More Add your reaction ShareLandfill Levy = Green Jobs
February 12, 2014
Environment Groups today welcomed the Brumby Government’s decision to increase the landfill levy and predicted that the improved pricing will make recycling competitive and lead to a green jobs bonanza.
Read More Add your reaction ShareClimate manipulation "Woodstock" conference a dangerous distraction
February 12, 2014
Next week, the Asilomar International conference on climate intervention technologies will take place in Asilomar, California. Organised by proponents of the controversial field of climate manipulation or ‘geo-engineering’, the conference will seek to establish...
Read More Add your reaction ShareFriends of the Earth protests against the unsafe use of nanoparticles in L'Oréal cosmetics
February 12, 2014
Friends of the Earth today took its concerns about L’Oréal’s use of unsafe, untested nanoparticles to the catwalk of the L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival.
Read More Add your reaction ShareMake your voice heard on the nuclear waste dump!
February 12, 2014
The Federal Government has finally announced that it will repeal the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act. But resources minister Martin Ferguson's replacement legislation – the National Radioactive Waste Management Bill (NRWMB) – is as...
Read More Add your reaction ShareGroups unite to condemn red gum back down
February 12, 2014
Seven environment groups from across two states condemned today’s decision by the NSW Government to back down on the protection of River Red Gum wetlands.
Read More Add your reaction ShareClimate Change and Women: a Conversation
February 12, 2014
Women’s Health In the North (WHIN), in partnership with Northern Alliance for Greenhouse Action (NAGA), and Friends of the Earth (FoE), will be holding their International Women’s Day event, Climate Change and Women –...
Read More Add your reaction ShareAlcoa misses it's chance to transition from polluting coal
February 12, 2014
Friends of the Earth has joined with other environmental organisations in condemning the announcement by Alcoa that it had reached an agreement to source its electricity from Loy Yang Power’s brown coal station for...
Read More Add your reaction ShareFerguson dumping election promises
February 12, 2014
Federal resources minister Martin Ferguson's announcement that he will pursue plans for a national nuclear waste dump at the Muckaty site, north of Tennant Creek in the NT, continues the shabby and unfair process...
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