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A 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...
Read More ShareJudge approves some of the suit in citizen law suit of the people of Central Kalimantan
March 30, 2017
Palangkaraya, Tuesday, 22nd March, 2017 was the unforgettable moment happened in legal world of Central Kalimantan. The CTS number 118/Pdt.G/LH/2016/PN.PLK has been decided by the Presiding Judge who is also the Deputy Chairman of District Court of...
Read More ShareConfirmed pesticide contamination of Victorian water supplies
March 24, 2017
Several Freedom of Information requests over the past couple of months have confirmed that low level pesticide contamination of Victorian water supplies is commonplace.
Read More Share#JusticeForBerta
March 03, 2017
This month marks the one year anniversary of Berta Cáceres death. In solidarity for all indigenous communities around the world fighting to protect their land and water rights, and in remembrance of the life...
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