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August Community Action Day Report Back
August 30, 2022
We went to key locations across the west to listen to community stories about buses, and raise awareness of our Better Buses campaign.
Read More 1 Reaction ShareSaving Forests, Resisting Gas and What Comes Next - with Cam Walker
August 30, 2022
In today's Dirt Radio show, Sam Castro catches up with Friends of The Earth's Campaigns Coordinator Cam Walker. They discuss protecting forests, just transitions, stopping gas and going backcountry to celebrate the places...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareSeismic Blasting Joint Statement
August 25, 2022
Our organisations stand united in opposition to TGS and Schlumberger’s proposal to conduct 3D seismic blasting over an area larger than the state of Tasmania, some 7.7 million hectares of marine environment between Victoria,...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareMEDIA RELEASE - Seismic blasting: the unacceptable in search of the unnecessary
August 25, 2022
24 August 2022 International oilfield services company Schlumberger are teaming up with TGS, providers of energy data, to propose 3D seismic blasting over a 7.7 million hectare area in the Southern Ocean. If approved,...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareWho's Got a Padlock and Chain? Blockade Australia Lockin' On Tight.
August 23, 2022
Tim and Izabelle talk with Nathalie. They discuss resisting so-called Australia's climate destruction with organised disruption and the authoritarian response by NSW police
Read More 1 Reaction ShareNuclear Free News August
August 22, 2022
In our August Nuclear Free News update you can read about the Non Proliferation Treaty Conference happening in New York, the hollow promise of small nuclear reactors, threats of a new arms race and...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareGippsland Flora and Fauna Reserve now a Motocross Circuit
August 19, 2022
Friends of the Earth today expressed concerns about illegal and unregulated Motocross activities occurring in the Mullungdung Flora and Fauna Reserve, located ~20km north east of Yarram. Friends of the Earth researcher Anthony Amis...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareLife in the Bus Lane - What's Happening With Melbourne Buses?
August 16, 2022
On today's show Elyse Cunningham (Sustainable Cities) who has a great chat with community members Adrian (Point Cook) and Sarah (Brimbank) about their difficulties engaging with community through transport links in the West. The...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareFriends of the Earth respond to Victorian Greens’ proposal to close all coal stations by 2030
August 16, 2022
Friends of the Earth (FoE) welcome the Victorian Greens’ proposal to shut down Victoria’s remaining coal fired power stations by the end of the decade.
Read More 1 Reaction ShareAs the northern hemisphere burns, what are the lessons for Australia?
August 12, 2022
The northern hemisphere summer has been terrible. Heat waves have killed many thousands, from Iran and India to Portugal and France. Flash flooding has closed the Grand Canyon, while ‘Lake’ Mead, a massive dam...
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