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Drinking Water Concerns in the Northern Territory
May 15, 2019
Friends of the Earth has ongoing concerns regarding drinking water problems in the Northern Territory. A number of remote communities continue to source drinking water with high levels of substances such as E.coli, Sodium,...
Read More ShareHinchinbrook Island open for business
May 14, 2019
By Ingrid Marker Queensland state tourism minister Kate Jones has announced she is opening Hinchinbrook Island, Great Sandy Strait and Coolum National Park for business. Hinchinbrook is precious to north Queenslanders. Its wild coastal...
Read More ShareThe climate change strike: from a student who was there
May 13, 2019
By Aceda Rose So here's me (below), amid a crowd of fired up adolescents and children, facing what could be the downfall of everything we've ever known; climate change.
Read More ShareMajor Plastic Waste Producers Must Get Consent Before Exporting their Toxic Trash to Global South
May 13, 2019
Geneva, Switzerland — Today, 187 countries took a major step forward in curbing the plastic waste crisis by adding plastic to the Basel Convention, a treaty that controls the movement of hazardous waste from...
Read More ShareChange the system or face global ecological collapse says global biodiversity assessment
May 06, 2019
6 May 2019, Paris: The world faces ecological collapse and mass extinctions unless dramatic action is taken to change social and economic systems, according to a global assessment launched today by The Intergovernmental Science-Policy...
Read More ShareCopley declares itself Underground Coal Gasification free
May 06, 2019
Community members of Copley and Leigh Creek gathered at the Copley Hall to affirm their clear opposition to the Underground Coal Gasification project at the old Leigh Creek Coal Mine. The UCG trial of...
Read More ShareNew research exposes a crisis in the global trade of "recyclable” plastics
April 23, 2019
Water contamination, crop death, illness, and the open burning of plastic waste have all flooded into Southeast Asia along with the world’s “recycled” plastics, according to a report by GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator...
Read More ShareGovernment announces deregulation of risky new GM techniques the day before the election is called
April 18, 2019
On the day before the Federal election was called, the Government quietly announced changes to Australia’s Gene Technology Regulations that will allow a raft of new genetically modified (GM) animals, plants and microbes to...
Read More ShareFrom the Modern Slavery Act to binding rules on corporations
April 15, 2019
A dam collapses in Brazil killing hundreds and causing untold pollution. 21 million people work as forced labourers—many in global supply chains.
Read More ShareWhy FoE joined the ‘Change the Rules’ rally
April 15, 2019
Community members flooded the streets around the country on April 10 demanding changes to industrial law and Friends of the Earth was there to support. But why does FoE fight for workers’ rights?
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