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  FoE exposes uranium cartel in 1976 A huge jump in the uranium price occurred in the mid-1970s, thanks to a cartel known as the Uranium Club. The cartel was exposed by Friends of...

In a key moment for Victoria’s transition to renewable energy, the Latrobe Valley’s first wind farm has been approved by Victorian planning minister Richard Wynne MP. Once constructed, the Delburn wind farm will be...

Sam and Jack talk to Zia about the direct action group Blockade Australia and its most recent series of climate actions around the Port of Botony, in New South Wales.  

In our March Nuclear Free News update you can read about the terrifying reality of a nation with nuclear power involved in a war, with nuclear facilities being deliberate targets. This emphasises the importance...

While the summer of 2021/22 has been a mild fire season in the east of the country, there have been a small number of significant fires in lutruwita/ Tasmania that have threatened World Heritage...

writes Yes2Renewables Gippsland Campaigner Wendy Farmer. The Latrobe Valley’s energy transition is like a puzzle that needs many pieces. And those puzzle pieces are starting to come together. The start of 2022 has been...

In March 2022, the Victorian government announced a major new offshore wind plan that will see the state build a massive 9 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2040. It's an absolute game changer that...

'Get your ears out of your pockets': The Kungka's famous victory against a nuclear waste dump   In 1998, the federal Howard Coalition government announced its plan to build a national nuclear waste dump...

The Health and Community Services Union (HACSU) has teamed up with Friends of the Earth and RMIT University for the Climate Impacts at Work project to investigate how climate change is already affecting workers....

Today on Dirt Radio we spoke with Freya Dinshaw, a senior lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre on human rights violations, modern slavery and the ways in which we can hold Australian corporations...