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Environment groups call on Canberra to abandon Kimba nuclear dump plan
June 20, 2017
Conservation SA, the state's peak environment body, along with national environment groups Friends of the Earth Australia and the Australian Conservation Foundation, have today lodged a submission with the federal Department of Industry, Innovation and...
Read More Share50 people attend winter citizen science camp
June 13, 2017
Cold weather and the official start of winter didn't deter fifty enthusiastic citizen scientists from attending Friends of the Earth member group GECO's winter forest survey camp in Goongerah over the long weekend.
Read More ShareCoalition's Finkel fail: Energy review fails on science and ignores health impacts on community
June 09, 2017
National environment group Friends of the Earth say the Federal Coalition government's Finkel Review on energy has ignored the latest science on climate change and health impacts from coal pollution.
Read More ShareHigh Level Waste Dump for South Australia declared 'DEAD!'
June 07, 2017
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill made the announcement at a public forum at Victor Harbour this week, and pronounced the proposal to import 138,000 tonnes of high-level nuclear and 390,000 cubic metres of intermediate-level...
Read More ShareProtect the Greater Glider from logging
June 05, 2017
Government scientists have advised Environment Minister Lily D'Ambrosio to issue a conservation order to protect the Greater Glider from logging. The Minister's department has urged her not to follow this advice. Instead the department...
Read More ShareTrump withdraws from Paris Climate Agreement - what next?
June 02, 2017
The election of Donald Trump, the Brexit vote in the UK, and the continued rise of Right wing populist parties across liberal democratic nations is a huge concern for anyone who wants to see...
Read More ShareJemenas fracking pipeline shown to be a white elephant by concerned citizens
April 06, 2017
A crowd of concerned citizens joined Friends of the Earth and Quit Coal out the front of Jemena in Melbourne to protest the Federal approval of the 622km Northern Gas Pipeline from Tennant Creek...
Read More ShareNuclear 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.
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