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Chain Reaction #127
August 02, 2016
Founded in 1975, and currently published three times a year, Chain Reaction is the national magazine of Friends of the Earth Australia. The August 2016 edition will soon be mailed to members and subscribers....
Read More ShareWandoan mega mine and the Fitzroy Delta
July 29, 2016
The announcement by the Queensland Government's Minister for the Environment Stephen Miles to make the Fitzroy Delta a declared fish habitat marks the end to the Balaclava Island Coal Export Terminal proposed by then...
Read More ShareEnergy Minister right on renewables and climate, wrong on gas
July 28, 2016
New federal energy and environment minister Josh Frydenberg has indicated a significant shift in energy policy for the Coalition. Minister Frydenberg has said that more renewable energy will be required with the decline of...
Read More ShareFuelling the fire: new coal technologies spell disaster for climate
July 25, 2016
A new report by Friends of the Earth International demonstrates how Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) and Coal Chemical technologies threaten to destabilise the earth’s climate and irreversibly damage local environments. The report, launched today,...
Read More ShareMarkets say retain state powers over GM bans and keep GM food labelling
July 21, 2016
GM-Free Australia Alliance members reject the Productivity Commission’s recommendations to remove states’ rights to ban genetically manipulated (GM) crops for marketing reasons and to remove GM food labelling. GM crops pose unacceptable risks to...
Read More ShareTrans-Pacific Partnership 2016 Election Scorecard
June 17, 2016
Friends of the Earth is a founding member of the TPP Unions and Community Roundtable. We are committed to preventing the ratification of the TPP, and work with a variety of politicians, unions, community...
Read More ShareRenewable energy jobs boom on the horizon as Andrews govt announces Vic Renewable Energy Targets
June 15, 2016
VICTORIA, 15 JUNE 2016: A renewable energy boom is on the horizon for Victoria as the Andrews government today announces state Renewable Energy Targets (VRET). The long-awaited announcement comes after a two-and-a-half year community...
Read More ShareThis time FSANZ has gone too far
June 10, 2016
Our food regulator Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has misrepresented the findings of two independent reports it commissioned on the safety of nanomaterials in food and food packaging. The reports were supposed to...
Read More ShareClimate change impacts on central Victoria
June 10, 2016
In the lead-up to the Bendigo in a Warming Future forum, which will be held in Bendigo on June 15, a fieldtrip hosted by local ecologists highlighted the impacts of climate change which are already being...
Read More ShareFSANZ fails us again: risky nanoparticles found in baby formula
May 18, 2016
Wednesday, 18th May 2016Independent testing commissioned by Friends of the Earth US has found risky nanoparticles deemed unsafe for use in toothpaste in baby formula. Six samples of baby formula made by Gerber®, Enfamil®, Similac® and...
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