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Facebook changes - how you can still keep up with Friends of the Earth
January 19, 2018
The social media site Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently announced a significant shift away from public content to focus on content your family and friends share and comment on.
Read More ShareIndigenous and Grassroots Movements Solidarity Gathering
January 15, 2018
The destructive paths of neo-liberal capitalism have forged their way through Latin America for decades, and an all-too-familiar path is being carved through the land and cultures of the First Peoples of so-called Australia....
Read More ShareDocuments reveal FSANZ misled minister regarding nanoparticles in baby formula
January 14, 2018
Documents released under Freedom of Information laws show that our food regulator Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) misled Minister David Gillespie regarding both the safety and legality of nanoparticles in baby formula. ...
Read More ShareClimate migration: No dignity in inaction
January 12, 2018
Environmental migration is not a new phenomenon. Humans have moved to adapt to the seasons, to find new resources, because of drought, soil erosion, or major natural catastrophies. But because of climate change, there...
Read More ShareSingaporean Banks continue to fund the coal industry, despite 2018 being named ‘the year of climate action’ by the government of Singapore.
January 10, 2018
Market forces analysed lending activity from Singapore's big three banks revealing OCBC as Singapores dirtiest bank, with a total of US$1,142 million going towards the coal sector.
Read More ShareGlobal warming has a face
December 14, 2017
A fund raiser for the Carteret Islands Auction. Online only, from 6 til 23 December. Three talented artists from Fish Lane Studios in South Brisbane have donated stunning work to be auctioned to help...
Read More ShareOnshore gas bans a convenient scapegoat for pro gas MPs
December 13, 2017
Media release 13 December 2017 Environmental group Friends of the Earth has labelled ‘misleading’ and ‘irresponsible’, coalition and gas industry responses to today’s Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) updated report into the state...
Read More ShareA New Threat to Charities and Environmental Organisations
December 07, 2017
Today, the Turnbull Government announced a new threat to Environmental organsatiaions and Australia's charity sector. After a long-running campaign waged by the Minerals Council and the hard right to strip environmental organisations of their charitable status,...
Read More ShareA Pacific participant’s perspective on the People’s Climate Summit
November 28, 2017
A Pacific participant’s perspective on the People’s Climate Summit at the UNFCCC COP23 in Bonn, Germany. Friends of the Earth Brisbane Climate Frontlines invites you to this special event on December 8. Come and...
Read More ShareHobart Snap Rally - Stand up for climate action at COAG
November 21, 2017
After attacking renewable energy for months in the media, the Turnbull government seems intent on taking Australia backwards on climate change action. Their latest thought bubble the 'National Energy Guarantee' or NEG appears designed...
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