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In late February Friends of the Earth Australia received information pertaining to a GIPA request from Hunter Water. Hunter Water provide water services to 600,000 people in the Lower Hunter and Newcastle regions of...

Australia has taken a big step forward for offshore wind, with news that Gippsland project Star of the South will partner with Bluescope to explore using Australian made steel in a project that has...

Friends of the Earth Australia ‒ Media Release 26 Feb 2025 Nuclear Thuggery and Threats: Response to Interim Report of the House Select Committee on Nuclear Energy Friends of the Earth (FoE) welcomes the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...