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Act on Climate update: The push for bold & ambitious climate action in 2019
February 22, 2019
The Act on Climate collective is rested, recharged, and ready for another big year. Before we fill you in on our priorities in 2019, it's worth noting our impact during the state election year.Our...
Read More Add your reaction ShareMEDIA RELEASE: EPA Props Up Fossil Fuels by Approving Community-Opposed Brown Coal Project in Latrobe Valley
February 15, 2019
Environment group Friends of the Earth has criticized the Environment Protection Authority’s decision to approve a trial brown coal to hydrogen project in Latrobe Valley on the 14th of February as a costly distraction...
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February 14, 2019
Support FoE's RADICAL RENOVATION Fundraiser Friends of Earth Melbourne urgently needs to raise $10,000 to complete much-needed upgrades to our community meeting space in Collingwood. There are great gifts on offer when you support...
Read More Add your reaction ShareFriends of the Earth urges State Government to Test Vegetables for PFAS Chemicals
February 13, 2019
Environmental organisation Friends of the Earth (FoE), today raised concerns about PFAS (Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) contaminants which may be present on food grown with recycled water in the Werribee South area of Victoria....
Read More Add your reaction ShareMenindee to lose the last of their fish
February 07, 2019
The latest announcement by NSW Minister for Regional Water Niall Blair on the lower Darling has been dubbed a political stunt by Menindee locals. This morning, NSW DPI began relocating the remaining fish that...
Read More Add your reaction ShareAndrews govt finds $1m for climate action, but "falls short of community demand"
January 17, 2019
The Andrews Labor government has announced a $1 million Community Climate Change Adaptation Grants program for regional Victoria, yet Friends of the Earth says the allocation "falls short of community demand." "Every dollar the...
Read More Add your reaction ShareElectric Vehicles no silver bullet
January 02, 2019
Switching our cars and trucks to electric vehicles fails to address the broader social and environmental implications of car-centric cities. Electric vehicles (EVs) are not the silver bullet transformation for our transport industry. The...
Read More Add your reaction Share2018 River Country Campaign Diary
December 31, 2018
The Story So Far... River Country has long campaigned for river red gums along the Murray. Our Story in 2018 is one of connecting with grassroots in Victoria and further a field, building momentum...
Read More Add your reaction ShareNZ has banned new offshore oil exploration permits. VIC should do the same.
December 28, 2018
Media release. December 28, 2018. Friends of the Earth. Community mobilises against oil and gas exploration in western VIC The Andrews government has released five oil and gas exploration blocks in the offshore Otway...
Read More Add your reaction ShareCastella forest threatened by logging
December 17, 2018
Logging has begun in the Castella forest, just west of the Toolangi township, in the Central Highlands, where these two greater gliders, along with at least 14 other threatened gliders were filmed and photographed....
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