Climate & Energy Justice
Rise for Climate
From September 8, there will be thousands of rallies in cities and towns around the world to demand our local leaders commit to building a fossil free world that puts people and justice before profit.
No more stalling, no more delays: it’s time for a fast and fair transition to 100% renewable energy for all.
Economics for Earth
August 2018 Update
Another busy month around the network for Friends of the Earth Australia.
Land & water
Stand Against Extinction
Where: Lawns of Parliament House, Canberra
When: 8.30am, 10th September 2018
Why: Australia is facing a national extinction crisis.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. With strong new laws and more resources we can turn things around.
Our goal for September 10 is to see 2,000 people, representing Australia’s 2000 threatened species, take a visible public stand against extinction on the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra.
Land & water
Concerned about feral horses in Kosciuszko? Get walking
The damage of wild horses to alpine environments is well documented. However, the NSW government has decided to allow horse populations to continue to degrade the Alps. On the 3rd November, a group of bushwalkers will start a 35 day walk from Sydney to the summit of Mt Kosciuszko, to highlight the damage being caused by feral horses.
Indigenous Land & Rights
Process not postcode for nuclear waste
In a matter of months, South Australia could be the reluctant home to Australia's nuclear waste. Federal Resources Minister Matt Canavan is fast forwarding the process to approve a site for a national nuclear waste dump - he wants it done before the next election, putting politics before communities, cultural heritage and public safety.
TAKE ACTION: Send a message to the minister calling for a stop to this flawed process.
Land & water
Friends of the Earth reaction to Glyphosate court case
Friends of the Earth. Media release. August 11 2018
Friends of the Earth Australia today welcomed a decision in the Supreme Court of California to award school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson US$289million in damages after Johnson took legal action against pesticide company Monsanto.
Economics for Earth
July 2018 Update
It has been a busy few months at Friends of the Earth. Most exciting was the addition of a new national project - Tipping Point.
Economics for Earth
Secret China-led RCEP trade deal fails international standards of transparency, experts warn
PRESS RELEASE
Bangkok, Manila, New Delhi, Melbourne
July 20, 2018. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is being negotiated in Bangkok, Thailand this week. The mega regional trade deal involving sixteen nations from Asia-Pacific will impact the lives of over three billion people, yet a new study reveals how the deal fails international standards of transparency and public engagement.
Land & water
Stop new tourism infrastructure in World Heritage
Tasmania is blessed with beautiful and intact landscapes and an impressive network of national parks. However, World Heritage Areas and national parks have long been targeted by developers who want to establish commercial tourist operations in a number of places (check here for a current list of proposed developments). One of these proposals would see helicopter tourism inside the Walls of Jerusalem National Park in central Tasmania at Halls Island in Lake Malbena.
You have a chance to say NO to this development.
Climate & Energy Justice
Clean Coal LOL ... but carbon capture and storage off Ninety Mile Beach is no laughing matter
By Catherine Hearse and the Quit Coal Collective at Friends of the Earth Melbourne
Golden Beach is an idyllic section of Victoria's Ninety Mile Beach. It boasts a pristine coastline, plentiful fish, multitudes of birds and the skeletal remains of an 1897 shipwreck. But there is a cloud hanging over this lovely place.