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CUB should stand up for kunanyi
March 27, 2018
Hobart is fortunate to be one of the few cities in the world to have a wild mountain on its doorstep. Mount Wellington/ kunanyi provides an iconic backdrop to the city and provides an...
Read More ShareLogging stopped in Greater Glider forest
March 17, 2018
Two days ago a survey by GECO halted logging in the Queensborough river forest, protecting a colony of greater gliders.
Read More ShareVicForests charged over alleged illegal logging in Gippsland forest
March 09, 2018
VicForest has been charged for illegally logging rainforest in an East Gippsland logging coupe. The logging operation took place in the Serpentine Creek Rainforest Site of Significance near Cann River, causing serious damage to...
Read More ShareA cable car on Mt Wellington?
November 08, 2017
A cable car has been proposed up the face of Mt Wellington/Kunanyi in Hobart. A range of local residents and environmental groups have been campaigning against this proposal, which would have significant environmental impacts...
Read More ShareSupreme Court Injunction halts logging of old growth Kuark Forest
November 01, 2017
Forest conservationists who established a blockade of old growth forest in East Gippsland are celebrating today after environment groups secured a legal injunction that has stalled the logging operation.
Read More ShareFoE calls for further investigations into regulations regarding PFAS and PFOS chemicals
October 10, 2017
In late September FoE sent a submission to the Victorian EPA’s PFAS National Environmental Management Plan. Read the submission here. Friends of the Earth calls for further investigation into regulatory failure concerning PFAS (Per-and...
Read More ShareReport exposes Victorian Labor's lawless logging
September 07, 2017
To mark National Threatened Species day, Friends of the Earth Melbourne has released a report documenting 27 unlawful native forest logging operations in protected threatened species habitat and rainforest.
Read More Share50 people attend winter citizen science camp
June 13, 2017
Cold weather and the official start of winter didn't deter fifty enthusiastic citizen scientists from attending Friends of the Earth member group GECO's winter forest survey camp in Goongerah over the long weekend.
Read More ShareProtect the Greater Glider from logging
June 05, 2017
Government scientists have advised Environment Minister Lily D'Ambrosio to issue a conservation order to protect the Greater Glider from logging. The Minister's department has urged her not to follow this advice. Instead the department...
Read More ShareNuclear power crisis reaches dramatic new levels
March 30, 2017
The rapidly-evolving nuclear power crisis escalated dramatically yesterday (March 29) with the announcement that US nuclear giant Westinghouse, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Toshiba, has filed for bankruptcy. The Chapter 11 filing took place...
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