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Nuclear power crisis reaches dramatic new levels
March 30, 2017
The rapidly-evolving nuclear power crisis escalated dramatically yesterday (March 29) with the announcement that US nuclear giant Westinghouse, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Toshiba, has filed for bankruptcy. The Chapter 11 filing took place...
Read More ShareJudge approves some of the suit in citizen law suit of the people of Central Kalimantan
March 30, 2017
Palangkaraya, Tuesday, 22nd March, 2017 was the unforgettable moment happened in legal world of Central Kalimantan. The CTS number 118/Pdt.G/LH/2016/PN.PLK has been decided by the Presiding Judge who is also the Deputy Chairman of District Court of...
Read More ShareConfirmed pesticide contamination of Victorian water supplies
March 24, 2017
Several Freedom of Information requests over the past couple of months have confirmed that low level pesticide contamination of Victorian water supplies is commonplace.
Read More ShareClose the gap 2017 - start by funding Indigenous Protected Areas
March 16, 2017
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders live 10 - 17 years less than non-Aboriginal Australians and the infant mortality rates are more than twice than the rest of the population. We need to close the...
Read More ShareSnowy Hydro expansion welcomed
March 16, 2017
But shift to hydro is a concession the market is failing on climate change Friends of the Earth welcomes the Turnbull government's proposal for a $2 billion upgrade to the Snowy Hydro scheme, saying...
Read More ShareMelbourne protest Jemena NT pipeline approval
March 15, 2017
Friends of the Earth Melbourne and Quit Coal campaigners joined with concerned citizens gathered outside Jemena’s Melbourne headquarters to protest against the Federal government approval of the Northern Gas Pipeline. The group claimed that...
Read More ShareDr Michael Antoniou is visiting Australia
March 14, 2017
In late March, Dr Michael Antoniou, Reader in Molecular Genetics at King’s College London School of Life Sciences will be visiting Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. He is here to discuss his concerns with a...
Read More ShareUndemocratic nuclear waste law disempowers communities & traditional owners
March 13, 2017
Friends of the Earth Australia is today releasing a detailed report on the National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012 (NRWMA). The report ‒ written by Monash University fifth-year law student Amanda Ngo ‒ comes...
Read More Share"Supply crisis" or Coalition con? What's really going on with the gas market?
March 10, 2017
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) released its annual gas market statement on March 9th, this time telling us that we're facing a looming gas shortage that could mean interruptions of supply of gas...
Read More ShareWe Won! Victoria is Officially Gasfield Free!
March 09, 2017
We did it! On March 7 Victoria became the first Australian state to permanently ban the process of fracking to access ‘unconventional’ gas (gases like coal seam gas or CSG, and Shale and Tight gas)....
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