Climate & Energy Justice News

As the 28th Conference of Parties (COP) on the climate crisis approaches, concerns are mounting about the influence of greenwashing and watering down of commitments by the fossil fuel industry. Here are some buzzwords...

The Queensland Department of Environment and Science quietly refused the Environmental Authority application on 2nd November 2023. Billionaire Clive Palmer owned Waratah Coal’s 1400 MW coal fired power station proposed for the township of...

In a major development, 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 and...

School Strike 4 Climate are back - and organising another national strike for climate, this friday November 17. They say: 'Despite the devastating impacts on climate disasters, such as bushfires, floods and droughts, across...

Bid to bring cutting edge green tech to Geelong - Oil giant Esso – owned by Exxon Mobile – recently announced plans to decommission its retired oil platforms in the Bass Strait.  From the Geelong...

Last month, Sapna’s 2022 report titled Why North-South Intersectionality Matters for Climate Justice: Perspectives of young South-Asian Australian Youth Activists has been recognised with an award in the Innovation category by Environment Victoria’s Community...

Offshore wind offers a reliable and clean energy source for our electricity network and could form a significant part of the transition to a renewable energy system that we urgently require. While Victoria is...

Huge win for the environment Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) is congratulating Esso Australia for saying it has rejected the idea of dumping retired oil and gas platforms into the ocean to form...

Yesterday on 2 August, was World Overshoot day. It is a day that many people dread. World Overshoot day signals the day that the world uses up all its resources that it can regenerate....

In a welcome move, the federal government has declared the Hunter offshore wind zone in New South Wales. Friends of the Earth (FoE) has been campaigning for years for governments to get on with...