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Operations of existing and proposed toll roads in Australia
July 13, 2017
Friends of the Earth and Public Transport Not Traffic support the inquiry into operations of existing and proposed toll roads in Australia. We seek to secure policy commitments that will protect the environment. After...
Read More Add your reaction ShareCoalition of the willing on renewables welcome, but “must deliver existing state/territory commitments”
July 13, 2017
Friends of the Earth: Coalition of the willing on renewables welcome, but “must deliver existing state/territory commitments” Friends of the Earth, the environment group that coordinated the campaign for a Victorian Renewable Energy Target,...
Read More Add your reaction ShareCoalition of the willing on renewables welcome, but “must deliver existing state/territory commitments”
July 13, 2017
MEDIA RELEASE: 13 July 2017Friends of the Earth: Coalition of the willing on renewables welcome, but “must deliver existing state/territory commitments” Friends of the Earth, the environment group that coordinated the campaign for a...
Read More Add your reaction ShareState government coal policy keeps the door open to a dirty past
July 07, 2017
The Andrews Labor Government has released its coal policy this afternoon (the Statement on Future Uses of Brown Coal). National environment group Friends of the Earth says that this long awaited policy represents a profound...
Read More Add your reaction ShareGovernment commitment to buy ailing timber mill a disaster for Victoria’s environment
July 04, 2017
The Andrew’s government’s announcement that it will purchase the ailing ASH timber mill in the Gippsland town of Heyfield will come at a massive cost to tax payers and the environment, Friends of the...
Read More Add your reaction ShareScott Morrison tries to bully the states into accepting fracking
June 29, 2017
In a remarkably clumsy attempt to bully local communities, federal Treasurer Scott Morrison has threatened state and territory governments with financial penalties by cutting their GST distribution if they limit gas exploration. Mr Morrison...
Read More Add your reaction ShareAndrews govt support for climate change solutions deliver jobs and investment to Stawell
June 27, 2017
MEDIA RELEASE - 27 JUNE: Friends of the Earth welcome the announcement of state government support for a $565 million expansion of the Nectar Farms hydroponic business near Stawell. The project will see the...
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Threatened greater glider habitat
logged in Acheron forests
June 21, 2017
Recent logging in the Acheron forests north of Warburton has severely impacted on a large population of protected greater gliders. Greater gliders are Australia’s largest gliding marsupial and Victoria’s latest threatened species. Last month...
Read More Add your reaction ShareLogging starts in Leadbeater’s Possum habitat
June 15, 2017
VicForests has just started logging in the ‘Floater’ coupe near Toolangi, to the north east of Melbourne in the Central Highlands. Earlier this week, volunteer surveyors from Wildlife of the Central Highlands (WOTCH) recorded...
Read More 2 Reactions ShareFloating LNG import terminal planned for Victoria
June 08, 2017
Recent media reports about plans for a floating LNG import terminal in Victoria are deeply concerning. The terminal would allow Victoria, NSW and South Australia to ‘import lower cost gas, potentially from the US or Western...
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