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Methane emissions from offshore oil and gas severely under-reported, study finds An environmental group is concerned offshore oil and gas industries are underestimating their emissions after an international study found methane leaks were under-reported...

Friends of the Earth started an ambitious project in January 2023 with an idea to determine which communities in Australia suffer from the poorest drinking water quality. The first focus of this research has...

Australian rig recycling centre proposed In a submission to the Western Australian government, Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) is calling for an Australian Rig Recycling Centre (ARRC) to be built in the Pilbara,...

No bailout for energy sector already getting almost 5 times more in subsidies than it pays in tax “Compensation” Should go to Small Businesses Instead Friends of the Earth Australia is demanding that the...

A slew of unmeasured methane leaks from platforms and pipelines off Australia’s coast have released large amounts of the dangerous greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, but we will never know exactly how much, and...

January 26 is a day of mourning for First Nations people, also known as Invasion Day, or Survival Day.  Here are some events across the continent where First Nations people and allies are invited...

Two unreported and extremely dangerous incidents recently illustrate the contempt the offshore fossil fuel industry has for the environment and the Australian taxpayer. A rig in a marine conservation reserve off the Pilbara coast...

A historic breakthrough in deadlocked COP27 talks means a loss and damage fund to compensate developing countries for the irreversible impacts of climate change has been established, despite consistent efforts by the US and...

Sitting off Australia's coast are scores of rusting fossil gas and oil rigs, hundreds of wells and thousands of kilometres of pipeline, all of which need to be retired over coming years. In addition,...

Friday 4 November 2022, Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt) - To stem runaway climate change, COP27 must steer away from seductive-sounding ‘nature-based solutions’ and geoengineering fixes, and instead focus on cutting fossil fuel emissions at source,...