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Environment group Friends of the Earth welcomes the release of draft guidelines for environmental assessments of the landmark Star of the South project, and say the case for a national regulatory framework for offshore...

Time is running out for Australia to lift its 2030 climate target before the COP26 summit in Glasgow.With Victoria's climate targets announced and the People's Climate Strategy delivered, Act on Climate are turning our attention...

The temporary ban (moratorium) on onshore ‘conventional’ gas drilling, which has been in place across Victoria since 2014, expires today. This will leave significant areas across Gippsland and South West Victoria exposed to gas...

 What is happening? The moratorium on onshore ‘conventional’ gas drilling has been in place across Victoria since 2014. It expires at the end of June 2021, meaning that new exploration and potentially drilling can...

Media Release ‒ 21 June 2021 ‒ Friends of the Earth Australia Kimba nuclear dump: Premier Marshall must enforce SA legislation By accepting amendments to the National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment Bill, the federal...

  The Nuclear-Free Collective at Friends of the Earth continues to fight the nuclear industry at every point in the cycle. Over the past year, we have: - Campaigned against the federal government's plan...

The Federal Government has announced that a vast area of ocean around Australia will be offered up for offshore oil and gas exploration. This includes 21 areas across six basins covering 80,000 sq km...

Friends of the Earth Bangaldesh AKA Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association or BELA, have made calls for an independent investigation into the shooting of coal plant workers by police back in April that left 7...

Welcome to Friends of the Earth Melbourne June enews our state-wide monthly update.  In this edition click + collect your Food Co-op orders, support and donate to DrillWatch and help save our Strzelecki Koalas. ...

The coronavirus, with its global effects on health, human suffering is also, of course, affecting the economy, and most (though not all) businesses. The ''commercial'' nuclear industry is affected, but not the nuclear weapons industry....