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A recent story on the ABC's Four Corners program has highlighted some of the details of who is opposing the development of renewable energy in Australia. There is very understandable opposition to specific projects...

Welcome to the June edition of our national newsletter, a great place to stay up to date on all Friends of the Earth's updates, news, and solidarity! This newsletter is possible because of our beautiful...

Esso is planning to build a massive, toxic, industrial dump in the middle of a United Nations-listed wetland on the eastern side of Corner Inlet on Victoria’s Gippsland Coast.

Esso is planning to build a massive, toxic, industrial dump in the middle of a United Nations-listed wetland on the eastern side of Corner Inlet on Victoria’s Gippsland Coast.

Update 6/7/25: New National PFAS Guidelines here - Which communities have breached the new guidelines? This blog shares information collated over the past few years concerning PFAS detections in Australian drinking water supplies. It...

Hanrine (a subsidiary of Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting) has recently invested $150 million in the Ecuadorian state mining company Enami.  This now gives Rinehart, a 49% stake in 6 mining concessions, totalling 30,000 hectares...

In a significant move, the federal government is today announcing that it will introduce a Future Made in Australia Act – with a focus on manufacturing of clean renewables and decarbonisation of the economy....

This year marks 30 years of the Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO) campaigning to protect East Gippsland’s unparalleled forests and biodiversity. Below are snippets of a couple of these conversations with original GECO activists present...

The Gliders Case was one of the final nails in the coffin for the logging industry. Sue McKinnon reports on the details of the final court cases, and what's next for Kinglake Friends of...

Welcome to the April edition of our national newsletter, a great place to stay up to date on all Friends of the Earth's updates, news, and solidarity! This newsletter is possible because of our beautiful...