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Friends of the Earth statement on onshore gas: The struggle continues
June 17, 2020
On June 16, the Victorian Upper House voted on legislation to lift the moratorium on onshore gas development from June 30, 2021. This is a heartbreaking outcome as the moratorium was the only protection...
Read More Add your reaction Share2020 Mid Year Update
June 15, 2020
It's been a year like no other, pandemics and uprisings dominate the news, but River Country is hard at work adapting to keep up the fight for our rivers. See this year's news on...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareSupport Sustainable Cities this tax time
June 13, 2020
Your continuing support has enabled the Sustainable Cities collective to keep working towards a more liveable and connected Victoria. Today, we're launching our initial view of what an economic rescue package should include for the...
Read More 1 Reaction Share45 Years of Acting Up: Friends of the Earth the early years
June 09, 2020
Friends of the Earth podcast history series made in collaboration with 3CR 855 AM community radio show Acting Up! Monday 2.00pm. Ratbags, peaceniks and agents of change, resistance radio that explores the movements that made us. ...
Read More Add your reaction ShareHelp us complete 300 Strzelecki Koala Surveys for 2020
June 09, 2020
Friends of the Earths work to survey the habitat of the Strzelecki Koala is ongoing. We anticipate that 200 koala surveys will be completed by the end of July. We still have a long...
Read More Add your reaction ShareApollo Bay and Otway Ranges residents say "no" to offshore gas
June 09, 2020
Community members from Apollo Bay and the Otway Ranges held a paddle out on World Oceans day to object to the plans for offshore gas drilling in the waters of southwest Victoria and industrialisation...
Read More Add your reaction ShareWhy is the Government exploring a gas-lead recovery from a pandemic recession?
June 08, 2020
On this episode of The Grapevine, Cam Walker from Friends of the Earth gets on the line with Kulja and Dylan to discuss the likelihood of a gas-lead recovery from pandemic recession, Friends of the Earth remote Stay In...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareFriends of the Earth launch People's Climate Strategy for Victoria: Now for action!
June 05, 2020
Friends of the Earth Melbourne's Act on Climate collective officially launched its push to write a People's Climate Strategy for Victoria with over one thousand people watching the online launch via Zoom and Facebook live....
Read More Add your reaction ShareHow to #StayInPaddleOut this World Oceans Day
June 04, 2020
The coastal waters of south western Victoria are under threat. Plans for rapid gas expansion of oil and gas drilling in the Otway Basin poses a direct threat to marine life and is bad...
Read More Add your reaction ShareSouth West VIC Community Responds to Scrapped Gas Ban
June 03, 2020
Community members in South West Victoria have responded to the lifting of the moratorium on onshore gas drilling. Members of the Protect the West Alliance from the Otways to Portland have collected over 1000...
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