Submitted by Cam Walker on Fri, 06/11/2015 - 12:09
Press Release Friends of the Earth Australia. November 6 2015
Approximately 3,000 Tasmanians were exposed to high levels of toxins in drinking water on a regular basis during 2013-14.
Submitted by Phil.Evans on Thu, 22/10/2015 - 11:36
This week is National Water Week, and a perfect political storm is brewing that could threaten the hard-won gains for Australia’s greatest river system.
Submitted by Phil.Evans on Thu, 22/10/2015 - 11:31
This week is National Water Week, and a perfect political storm is brewing that could threaten the hard-won gains for Australia’s greatest river system. Friends of the Earth needs your help to secure a sustainable future for the Murray Darling Basin.
Submitted by Cam Walker on Sat, 25/07/2015 - 15:45
Opposition to the Murray Basin Plan is mounting, and the stakes are very high. Rogue Senators and angry irrigators from the South Basin have managed to mount a Senate Select Committee Inquiry into the Basin Plan. The Inquiry will look into the social and economic impacts of the Plan’s implementation.
Submitted by Cam Walker on Mon, 10/11/2014 - 08:54
Friends of the Earth is a proud member of Places You Love.
PYL has just completed a landmark survey of Australia’s environment – our rivers, energy, climate, food, forests, waste and pollution, land management, oceans and reefs.
Submitted by Cam Walker on Mon, 14/10/2013 - 12:44
MEDIA RELEASE Friends of the Earth.
Melbourne, October 14, 2013.
National environmental group Friends of the Earth is delighted to have been included in the shortlist of the Top 50 Philanthropic Gifts for 2013. The shortlist is developed by key members of the Australian philanthropic community, including the Myer Family Company, The Myer Foundation and Sidney Myer Fund, Pro Bono Australia, Philanthropy Australia and the Asia-Pacific Centre for Social Investment and Philanthropy at Swinburne University of Technology.
Submitted by Cam Walker on Wed, 09/10/2013 - 16:00
A proposed 'ecological thinning' trial in the Barmah-Millewa Forests is looking more likely under a new Coalition government. The trial would see logging machinery brought back into this National Park to fell Red Gum trees in nearly 400 hectares of the forest. This summary outlines some of the impacts that are likely to occur as a result of this risky scientific experiment.
Full details here.
Submitted by Cam Walker on Fri, 05/07/2013 - 11:26
The issue of climate change impacts on local domestic water supplies has not yet been addressed by many climate campaigners. But as climate change impacts on water availability, it will increasingly also affect water quality.
Submitted by Cam Walker on Thu, 30/05/2013 - 14:24
For the past decade Friends of the Earth (FoE) has researched and campaigned against the use of toxic pesticides. The major focus of this work has been impacts of pesticides in drinking water, food and waterways. In 2012 Friends of the Earth produced the publication 'The Dose Makes The Poison?', which highlights the most commonly detected pesticides on food consumed in Australia. This publication has received thousands of downloads.
Submitted by Cam Walker on Thu, 30/05/2013 - 14:15
For the past decade Friends of the Earth (FoE) has researched and campaigned against the use of toxic pesticides. The major focus of this work has been impacts of pesticides in drinking water, food and waterways. In 2012 Friends of the Earth produced the publication 'The Dose Makes The Poison?', which highlights the most commonly detected pesticides on food consumed in Australia. This publication has received thousands of downloads.
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