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Clean Coal LOL ... but carbon capture and storage off Ninety Mile Beach is no laughing matter
June 29, 2018
By Catherine Hearse and the Quit Coal Collective at Friends of the Earth Melbourne Golden Beach is an idyllic section of Victoria's Ninety Mile Beach. It boasts a pristine coastline, plentiful fish, multitudes of...
Read More SharePostcapitalising post carbon for the win
June 04, 2018
By Karun Cowper For many environmentalists, the "New Economy" is (mis)understood to be simply an economy that has transitioned away from fossil fuels to a renewable energy powered economy. The reality is that there's...
Read More ShareLinc Energy Underground Coal Gasification Plant fined $4.5million, but Leigh Creek still under threat
May 11, 2018
After an earlier conviction for causing serious environmental harm at their underground coal gasification plant in Queensland, Linc Energy have been fined $4.5 million.
Read More ShareMy story of Students of Sustainability
May 04, 2018
By Cam Villani and Stephan Encisco In July 2015, I attended a week-long conference called Students of Sustainability (SoS), a five-day conference that brings together people from all over Australia.
Read More ShareTickets for Students of Sustainability AVAILABLE NOW
May 03, 2018
Tickets to the 27th annual Students of Sustainability conference are now available! See you in Narrm (Melbourne) on Wurundjeri country this July!
Read More ShareFoE Australia News for early 2018
April 30, 2018
Friends of the Earth Australia news from early 2018. Published in Chain Reaction #132, April 2018. National magazine of Friends of the Earth Australia. www.foe.org.au/chain_reaction_132
Read More ShareVictorian community secures grant to prepare for climate impacts
April 11, 2018
The Victoria Central Goldfields town of Tarnagulla has been announced as the first recipient of the Victorian government's Climate Change Innovation Partnerships grant scheme.
Read More ShareLinc Energy underground coal gasificiation plant guilty of polluting Queensland
April 09, 2018
Queensland energy company, Linc Energy, have been found guilty of polluting a significant part of the Darling Downs at their underground coal gasification facility.
Read More ShareNEG energy plan has negligible impact
March 21, 2018
A new analysis from energy market analysts RepuTex shows the Turnbull Government's National Energy Guarantee (NEG) will have no impact on greenhouse gas emissions.
Read More ShareNew analysis shows most of Australia’s top companies have no climate plan
March 14, 2018
A major new study released today by environment finance group and Friends of the Earth affiliate member group Market Forces has revealed many of Australia’s top 100 companies are failing to improve their climate risk...
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