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Frackman showing in Victoria
April 01, 2015
Accidental activist Dayne ‘The Frackman’ Pratzky takes us on a journey through a divided land as we meet people caught up in a modern day multinational gold rush – to secure and exploit coal...
Read More Add your reaction ShareSenate wind "inquisition" nothing but a witch-hunt
April 01, 2015
The Australian and Senator John Madigan aren’t even pretending the current senate wind energy inquiry is impartial. Both have referred to the Senate Select Committee on Wind Turbines as an “inquisition.”
Read More 1 Reaction ShareProposal to ‘refresh’ Plan Melbourne a good move
March 27, 2015
Friends of the Earth welcomes the announcement by the Planning Minister Richard Wynne that he will reappoint the ministerial advisory committee put in place by his predecessor Matthew Guy to write Plan Melbourne. Plan...
Read More Add your reaction ShareWind energy in southwest Victoria: A win for jobs, regional economies, and climate change
March 27, 2015
What a vista!… One of Portland’s four wind farms.
Read More 1 Reaction ShareRET WATCH: Moorabool Environment Group concerned by Abbott's attack on renewables
March 26, 2015
As the policking around the Renewable Energy Target continues in Canberra, communities in regional Victoria are standing up for the scheme.
Read More 1 Reaction ShareRET WATCH: BEAM-Mitchell Environment Group back renewables target
March 25, 2015
Yes 2 Renewables’ good friends in central Victoria, the BEAM-Mitchell Environment Group, have thrown their weight behind the national Renewable Energy Target as the Abbott government seeks a deal with crossbench senators to wind back the popular scheme.
Read More 1 Reaction ShareRET WATCH: Target has big impact
March 24, 2015
Friends of the Earth’s campaigns coordinator, Cam Walker, has chimed in to the Renewable Energy Target debate with a letter published in The Border Mail.
Read More 1 Reaction ShareMEDIA RELEASE: Flat Earth Institute endorse Senator Madigan's wind energy witch hunt
March 23, 2015
MEDIA RELEASE: 23 March, 2015 Today, the Flat Earth Institute has thrown its weight behind the Senate Select Committee on Wind Turbines, endorsing the inquisition.
Read More 1 Reaction ShareAndrews govt's wind energy reforms "a good first step"
March 20, 2015
Friends of the Earth welcome Premier Andrews delivering on the election promise to ‘rip up’ the worst aspects of the Coalition government’s anti-wind farm laws.
Read More 1 Reaction ShareRed Gum National Park Cattle Ban Welcome
March 18, 2015
Friends of the Earth Melbourne has congratulated the Andrews Labor Government for putting forward legislation to ban grazing in the Alpine and River Red Gum national parks.
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