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Community Calls for No New Coal Ports
Friends of the Earth Australia has denounced the development of two new coal export terminals near Bowen in North Queensland, insisting the expansion of Queensland's biggest contributor to climate change must come to an end.
Climate White Paper a Game Changer
The Victorian government has taken a bold step forward and substantially advanced the climate debate with the release of the final details of its White Paper on climate change.
Farmers and environmentalists take their coal seam gas message to Qld Parliament House
Friends of the Earth successful delivery of the People's Assembly at Queensland's Parliament House on Wednesday brought together hundreds of farming families and environmentalists to Queensland Parliament - united in their opposition to coal and coal seam gas mining on prime agricultural lands and nature refuges.
Tulele Peisa Fundraiser for Carteret Islands Relocation
The people of the Carteret Islands in PNG are on the frontlines of catastrophic climate change. Come along to support Tulele Peisa to relocate some of the first people displaced by climate-induced sea level rise. Brisbane, Sept 15.
Galilee coal deal to put another nail in climate coffin
Friends of the Earth Brisbane has joined the call from the Mackay Conservation Group for the Queensland Government to reconsider its support for the China First coal project in central Queensland town of Alpha.
climate action summit
Our governments are not providing real climate solutions. Whether it is Rudd or Abbott's plan or Copenhagen we deserve better. This three-day conference will look at strategy, policy and actions for the grassroots climate movement. It will be held from March 13 - 15 at ANU in Canberra.
Open letter to PM on 2010 Budget
A letter to the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, the Treasurer Wayne Swan, and Members of the Government on the critical need for major renewable energy investment in the 2010/11 Budget.
We need a strong Climate Change Bill for Victoria
The state ALP has committed to developing a Climate Bill for Victoria. The draft structure will be released before the state election in November. This is our last chance to have influence over the structure of the Bill. Given the failure of the federal government to act decisively to reduce greenhouse gases, it is now imperative that the Bill be as strong as possible.
Gillard climate policy: a little bit of action, a whole lot of talk
National environment environment organisation Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) has expressed dismay at the announcement of Prime Minister Gillard’s much anticipated climate change policy.
Walk Against Warming
Australia’s biggest day of climate action, Walk against Warming, is our chance to take the government to task. Six days before the federal election, on Sunday 15 August, we’re hitting the streets to call on politicians to walk with the people, not the big polluters.
Conference: Key forces for climate action
Climate politics forces new issues onto the political agenda. New sites of policy, contestation and transformation are emerging. If nothing else, the 2009 Copenhagen summit proved that climate politics is here to stay. But what are the key forces for climate action today? A one day conference in Sydney, March 5.
New Pacific research does not mean we can relax on climate displacement
Friends of the Earth (FoE) has expressed disappointment at the way recent geo science research has been released to the media.
Outrage at deal to export 20 million tonnes of Victoria’s brown coal
Environment groups have expressed anger at a deal by coal company ‘Environmental Clean Technologies’ (ECT) to export up to 20 million tonnes of brown coal a year from Victoria. Federal Resources Minister Simon Crean is expected to throw the federal government’s support behind the deal in Melbourne this afternoon.
Will the impact of rising sea levels in Australia change our attitude to our Pacific neighbours?
Now that the federal government Department of Climate Change is distributing to local councils around Australia a new mapping tool to identify which areas may be flooded by rising sea levels, Friends of the Earth hopes that it will also be willing to revise its virtual side-lining of the issue of forced displacement at last year’s annual Pacific Islands Forum meeting.
Underground coal gasification plants must all be shut down now
The decision by the Department of Resource Management to shut down Cougar Energy's underground coal gasification (UCG) plant at Kingaroy is welcome but far too late. In fact, this plant and two others like it should never have been given the go-ahead by the Queensland Government in the first place given what is known (and what is not known) about the impacts of this technology.
Australia must commit to deep emissions cuts in the Copenhagen Accord
As we know, the Copenhagen talks ended without agreement to set binding emissions reduction targets. The accord will list the voluntary emissions reduction targets by developed and developing countries, in Annexes to the main document. Countries are asked to provide their target by February 1, 2010. Please join our action alert, and demand that Australia commit to deep emissions reductions targets in its February commitment.
Forum: Life After Copenhagen: Climate Justice, Reclaiming Power
Please come along to this forum to hear from speakers who attended Copenhagen who will give first hand analysis of the negotiations. There will be discussions on how we can build a vibrant Climate Justice Action movement in WA. Fremantle, January 20.
Government should back Greens climate circuit breaker
The Rudd government should back the Greens offer to break the Senate impasse on climate change policy Friends of the Earth Australia said today.
