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The countdown to climate action continues. The Andrews government has less than eight months to set the state’s first interim Emissions Reduction Targets.With climate deniers in the Federal Coalition and Murdoch media stalling climate...

A ‘green new deal’ proposal for a Fair and Just Transition from Friends of the Earth There is an urgent climate imperative to transform our economy. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report (2018)...

Transforming Victoria – creating jobs while cutting emissions. The Victorian economy is changing rapidly, and unless we have a plan for managing the transition, it will be people in affected industries who will bear...

The Victorian Parliament’s Environment & Planning Committee has announced an inquiry into community climate action. It will investigate what urban, regional, and rural communities are doing to tackle the climate crisis and how the...

Last Monday's episode of Four Corners revealed how tens of millions of taxpayer dollars are being used to expand irrigation systems for major agribusiness instead of preserving water for the environment. More than $4...

We are facing a climate crisis... Australia's emissions are rising due to the Federal Coalition's failure to act on climate. And this failure leaves Victorian communities exposed to intensifying impacts such as heatwaves, droughts, bushfires,...

The well-known and much-loved Quit Coal Victoria collective from Friends of the Earth Melbourne has decided to rename itself as the Energy Justice Victoria collective. We love our supporters and know many people are...

For years, community champions of wind and solar power have been forced to listen to right-wing politicians and shock jocks like Tony Abbott, Craig “Dead Cat” Kelly, Scott Morrison, crooked Angus Taylor, Alan Jones...

Victorian Minister for Water Lisa Neville announced today that she will step up to limit water extraction below the Barmah Choke with a new licence review process.  The Minister has directed Lower Murray Water and...

The Murray Darling Basin Plan set out to save our rivers from environmental disaster. Since the $13 Billion Plan began in 2012, there has been major concerns raised with implementation, including allegations of corruption, maladministration and mismanagement. Communities who...