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Stop the Government shredding the rules on GMOs
November 01, 2017
The Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) plans to deregulate a range of new dangerous new genetic modification techniques such as CRISPR.
Read More ShareIs there a future for ‘pro-nuclear environmentalism’?
October 30, 2017
Michael Shellenberger was in Australia recently. He has been a prominent environmentalist (of sorts) since he co-authored the 2004 essay, The Death of Environmentalism. These days, as the President of the California-based ‘Environmental Progress’...
Read More ShareVictoria's energy future secured as Andrews govt's Renewable Energy Target becomes law
October 20, 2017
In a historic moment for Victoria's energy future, the Victorian Renewable Energy Target today passed the upper house in state Parliament and will become law. “This is a historic day for Victoria's energy future,...
Read More ShareFoE calls for further investigations into regulations regarding PFAS and PFOS chemicals
October 10, 2017
In late September FoE sent a submission to the Victorian EPA’s PFAS National Environmental Management Plan. Read the submission here. Friends of the Earth calls for further investigation into regulatory failure concerning PFAS (Per-and...
Read More ShareStop Adani: Thousands turn out for a day of national action
October 09, 2017
Thousands have rallied in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, the Gold Coast, Port Douglas to oppose Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine.
Read More ShareNew Report shows Underground Coal Gasification too costly and too unreliable
September 12, 2017
The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) today published a report describing how coal-to-gasification technology for electricity-generation purposes remains commercially unviable.
Read More ShareReport exposes Victorian Labor's lawless logging
September 07, 2017
To mark National Threatened Species day, Friends of the Earth Melbourne has released a report documenting 27 unlawful native forest logging operations in protected threatened species habitat and rainforest.
Read More ShareAustralia's contribution to nuclear proliferation risks
September 06, 2017
Once again, the world finds itself in a dangerous place as one mad-man explodes increasingly powerful nuclear weapons and another mad-man threatens North Korea with "fire, fury and frankly power the likes of which...
Read More ShareFirst year anniversary of Fracking Ban
August 30, 2017
The 30th of August marks a very special occasion for Victorians: the first anniversary of our state-wide ban on Fracking and unconventional gas.
Read More ShareJames Hansen’s Generation IV nuclear fallacies and fantasies
August 29, 2017
The two young co-founders of nuclear engineering start-up Transatomic Power were embarrassed earlier this year when their claims about their molten salt reactor design were debunked, forcing some major retractions. The claims of MIT nuclear engineering graduates Leslie...
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