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2020 is not the year that any of us wanted, and for many, it's one we would prefer to forget. A dry winter and warm spring led to an awful fire season that devastated...

Victoria’s latest greenhouse gas performance data has been released. And it shows that momentum is building for bold and ambitious Emissions Reduction Targets. In just one year, the Victorian Renewable Energy Target has delivered a...

MEDIA RELEASE: 10 December 2020Momentum builds for ambitious climate targets after Andrews govt delivers a record cut in electricity emissions Victoria’s latest greenhouse gas performance data, released today, shows the Andrews government has delivered...

An exciting short term contract to work with Friends of the Earth to build the resistance to coastal gas developments in South West VIC has come up. Applications close 5th January.

When it comes to action on climate, November 2020 will be remembered as an EPIC month. The community and the state government is building momentum for Victorian climate leadership. And PM Scott Morrison is...

After a year like no other where Victorians faced catastrophic bushfires over summer and then stared down the outbreak of Covid-19, how can we build back better as the post-Covid economic recovery gets underway? ...

NSW Border Rivers is the first valley in NSW where floodplain harvesting will be licensed. Follow our table of questions and answers to get your submission in. Make a submission by midnight, Monday November...

Environment group Friends of the Earth welcomes the Andrews government’s announcement of an Energy Innovation Fund today, and say establishing Victoria as a national leader in offshore wind and renewable hydrogen means it can...

The Andrews government’s 2020-21 budget delivers a clean recovery for Victoria with a record $1.6 billion to accelerate the renewable energy transition and over $5 billion for Public Transport.  Friends of the Earth say...

MEDIA RELEASE: 17 November 2020   Largest energy efficiency package in Victoria’s history a step up on Climate JusticeVictoria’s Andrews government has today announced the largest energy efficiency package in the state’s history, a...