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Introducing the GM–Free Australia Alliance
December 23, 2015
The GM–Free Australia Alliance has joined FoE Australia as an affiliate member. Welcome aboard! For a full list of our affiliates, please check here. The GM–Free Australia Alliance Inc is an independent not-for-profit alliance of...
Read More ShareAustralian regulators set to sneak new GM crops untested and unlabelled into our food
December 17, 2015
A new Friends of the Earth report reveals that our regulators are planning to allow foods derived from a range of new genetic modification (GM) techniques untested and unlabelled onto our supermarket shelves and that they...
Read More ShareEnvironment groups assess performance of SA nuclear Royal Commission
December 17, 2015
Royal Commission vs Community Permission MEDIA RELEASE, 17 December 2015 National and state environment groups have today released an assessment of the state Royal Commission into the nuclear industry in SA. The report –...
Read More ShareA reportback from the frontline of climate change
December 14, 2015
Paris climate negotiations. What was it like? What's next? Ursula Rakova, the director of Tulele Peisa, responsible for relocating Carteret Island families forced to move to Bougainville because of climate change, has gained international...
Read More ShareGlobal palm oil companies and financiers responsible for Indonesian peat fires
December 09, 2015
Paris, France / Jakarta, Indonesia, December 8, 2015 – Global palm oil companies Wilmar International and Bumitama Agri, backed by major U.S. and European investors, have created conditions that have allowed Indonesia’s recent devastating forest...
Read More ShareChain Reaction magazine out now
December 07, 2015
Chain Reaction #125 − November 2015 National Magazine of Friends of the Earth, Australia Read online at foe.org.au/chain-reaction/editions/125 or subscribe (details below).
Read More ShareBriefing on the TPP and Sustainable Development Goals
December 02, 2015
Several UN Sustainable Development Goals are irreconcilable with Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal From September 30 to October 2nd Andrew Robb and Trade Ministers from 11 other countries negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)...
Read More ShareAcademics challenge the privatised university
November 23, 2015
Academics from across Australia and New Zealand are descending on Brisbane for the next two days to discuss how to challenge the increasing corporatisation of universities, which is drastically reducing the quality of research...
Read More ShareNew report on financing climate action: Richest 782 people could power half the world with 100% renewable energy
November 23, 2015
The personal fortunes of the 782 wealthiest people on the planet, many CEOs of major corporations, could power Africa, Latin America and most of Asia with 100% renewable energy by 2030, said Friends of...
Read More ShareCoal Atlas 2015 released
November 19, 2015
Facts and figures show the environmental and social impact of coal production Brussels, Belgium, 18 November 2015 – The Heinrich Böll Foundation and Friends of the Earth International have published today the first English edition...
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