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Submission: NSW Inquiry Into Renewable Energy Zones 2025
February 06, 2025
Last week, Friends of the Earth made a submission to the NSW Parliamentary inquiry into Renewable Energy Zones (REZ). The REZ system seeks to connect renewable energy projects and storage across the state to deliver...
Read More ShareIs Rainfall a Source of PFAS Chemicals in Sydney Drinking Water Supplies?
February 05, 2025
The concerns about PFAS keep coming. Friends of the Earth has just received two GIPA requests from WaterNSW and Sydney Water. The information we requested concerned detections of all PFAS chemicals through their drinking...
Read More ShareInvasion Day Events 2025
January 24, 2025
January 26th, the day we recognise as Invasion Day, also known as Survival day, is this Weekend. This is a day of mourning for First Nations peoples. First Nations peoples have been on the...
Read More ShareLA fires a wake up call for Australia
January 09, 2025
The fires currently tearing through Los Angeles are a reminder that Australia can no longer rely on northern hemisphere nations for water-bombing aircraft and firefighters during our summer. “During our Black Summer, more than...
Read More ShareAre Biosolids and Compost a Source of PFAS Pollution in the Belabula River?
December 07, 2024
In early 2024, farmers living in proximity to the Belabula River in New South Wales (part of the Lachlan River catchment in Wiradyuri country), reported foam containing PFAS along a stretch of the river....
Read More ShareUN plastics treaty negotiations start
November 25, 2024
Press Release Busan, South Korea - 25 November 2024 - For immediate release UN Plastics Treaty: World leaders urged by activists to "End Plastic" through a 500-person human sign As UN negotiations for a...
Read More SharePFAS in drinking water updates (Nov 24): Bundaberg, the Blue Mountains and Bathurst
November 17, 2024
It's all stations go at the moment in terms of PFAS issues in drinking water. Three separate inquiries are underway and all could have profound impact on how PFAS pollution is dealt with into...
Read More ShareGMFAA Newsletter #8 2024
November 11, 2024
Welcome to the GMFAA November newsletter!
Read More ShareCOP29 Civil Society Statement
November 11, 2024
As world leaders gather for today's opening of the COP 29 climate summit in Baku, Australian civil society groups are sending a clear message to the conference and the federal Coalition, with a...
Read More ShareA reflection on the US election
November 09, 2024
I have to admit that I didn’t get much work done on Wednesday. I dove into the US election rabbit hole, watching with ever growing anxiety as Donald Trump moved closer to regaining control...
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