Big changes are proposed to make the Victorian gas pipeline system harder to connect to, easier to disconnect from and make distribution companies more accountable. MAKE AN EASY SUBMISSION BEFORE 5PM THURSDAY 21 DECEMBER!...

The COP28 Climate Conference has just wrapped, and climate-impacted communities around the world watched in horror as a record number of fossil fuel industry lobbyists walked the halls and watered down attempts at strong commitments to...

MEDIA RELEASE 14.12.23 Environmental justice group Friends of the Earth welcomes the Allan government’s announcement today it will kickstart offshore wind auctions in 2024, a big step forward for climate that will power 1.5...

Friends of the Earth Melbourne welcomes the release today of the second edition of the Victorian Gas Substitution Roadmap (VGSR).

In December news, zoom into our AGM, fighting fire and cultural burning, a Ghost forest walk, koala updates and video, Food Co-op Cooking Calendar 2024, nuke free caps and postcards, and FoE gifts, more clean...

MEDIA RELEASE   Friends of the Earth’s  Better Buses Campaign welcomed the findings of Infrastructure Victoria’s Fast, frequent, fair: how buses can better connect Melbourne report, showing the benefits of bus network reform and...

As Australia experiences an early start to the 2023/24 fire season, much of the current media coverage understandably focuses on fighting fires. But there is a deeper, longer public conversation about how we manage...

Victorian communities know what climate adaptation plans and projects are most needed and relevant for them. Therefore, the best outcomes will be achieved if communities are directly supported via ongoing funding from the Victorian...

Some updates from 'Koala land' regarding what SKAT has been up to over the past couple of months. It's certainly been hectic. A couple of big events are looming fast, the first being the...

In a major development today, the federal government has announced it will underwrite the costs of building 9GW of storage and 23GW of renewable generation. Federal energy minister Chris Bowen has used the Energy...