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AECOM cancels graduate outreach as #StopAdani protests mount
March 20, 2018
US-based engineering and design firm AECOM’s graduate outreach program has been thrown into disarray, with protests and cancellations impacting most events.
Read More ShareNew Federal Govt Grant for Community Solar & Battery Systems Announced
March 20, 2018
The federal Government has just announced up to $12,500 in funding for solar PV systems and/or battery storage for community groups in Mt Alexander Shire, Macedon Ranges Shire, Hepburn Shire and City of Greater...
Read More ShareMarch 2018 Update
March 13, 2018
Recently it was International Women's Day and we celebrated ALL the women - cis, non-binary, trans - who are part of the world wide movement for social and environmental justice. Despite being disproportionately affected...
Read More ShareApple isn't a lone bad fruit. How can we hold companies to account?
February 23, 2018
Apple routinely disregards humans and nature in it's push for bigger and bigger profits. A couple of years ago suicide nets were installed to catch burnt out workers who thought their only escape from...
Read More ShareFacebook changes - how you can still keep up with Friends of the Earth
January 19, 2018
The social media site Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently announced a significant shift away from public content to focus on content your family and friends share and comment on.
Read More ShareSingaporean Banks continue to fund the coal industry, despite 2018 being named ‘the year of climate action’ by the government of Singapore.
January 10, 2018
Market forces analysed lending activity from Singapore's big three banks revealing OCBC as Singapores dirtiest bank, with a total of US$1,142 million going towards the coal sector.
Read More ShareA New Threat to Charities and Environmental Organisations
December 07, 2017
Today, the Turnbull Government announced a new threat to Environmental organsatiaions and Australia's charity sector. After a long-running campaign waged by the Minerals Council and the hard right to strip environmental organisations of their charitable status,...
Read More ShareAn Endless Crime: BHP Billiton and Vale's Sludge Still Harming Brazil
November 16, 2017
This article was published by Amigos da Terra Brasil, Arthur Viana -Photo Provide by MAB Half past four. The kettle on the stove screams with hot water for my coffee. It´s too late: it´s...
Read More ShareHere we go again
June 22, 2017
The long campaign against the environment movement As the environment and climate movements grow in power and influence, various conservative and anti-environmental forces have sought to damage or reduce the power of the movement.The...
Read More ShareSenate Committee puts final nail in TPP coffin
February 08, 2017
Friends of the Earth Australia welcomes the majority report finalising the Senate Committee Inquiry into the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). Whilst we concur with the Australian Greens and Senator Nick Xenophon that the recommendations...
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