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Global 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 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 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 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...
Read More ShareParis climate negotiations
November 17, 2015
[Please scroll down for our media work and commentary on the negotiations] The Paris climate talks are over. The good news is that we have a deal. In the words of commentator George...
Read More ShareNational Radioactive Waste Unwelcome in Queensland
November 13, 2015
Australian Nuclear Free Alliance Friends of the Earth Brisbane Qld Nuclear Free Alliance The Australian Nuclear Free Alliance and Friends of the Earth Brisbane will vigorously oppose the Federal Government’s siting of a national...
Read More ShareIs Australia ready to address the challenge of forced climate migrants?
November 12, 2015
Friends of the Earth Australia media release November 12, 2015 Friends of the Earth Australia has welcomed the public communication by Shadow Immigration Minister, Richard Marles MP*, indicating that Labor is finally willing to...
Read More ShareTPP text released. What now?
November 07, 2015
The Final TPP text, released on Thursday night, confirms all of our worst fears. The Environment Chapter is weak and lazy, encouraging rather than enforcing any regulations that may otherwise have served to protect...
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