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While Big Tech and many politicians are presenting the unprecedented growth of data centres as an inevitability, or even a necessity, the truth is that this energy- and water-thirsty industry threatens to throw our...

Around Australia, many important ecological communities face an uncertain future due to the impacts of climate change. Friends of the Earth is currently seeking federal threatened species listing for snow gum forests given the...

  In the 2026 federal budget, the Australian government announced measures that could undermine protections for world heritage places like Kakadu and the Great Barrier Reef by accelerating a handover of federal environmental approval...

New important research from the University of Adelaide (1,2) and reported by Channel Seven on April 12, 2026 (3) highlight fertility issues concerning trace levels of PFAS found in Adelaide’s tap water. This research...

What actually is in your drinking water? The answer to this question will depend entirely on your location. Are you on mains water or do you get your water from drinking water tanks? Are...

As violence escalates across the Middle East, the human costs of the US and Israel’s illegal attacks on Iran are devastating and rising fast. Lives are being lost and families are being torn apart. It...

A number of false and misleading claims have been made about Friends of the Earth in The Australian newspaper today (April 1, 2026). In a long piece focusing on funding for environmental organisations, a...

Illegal bombings of Iran by the US and Israel risk repeating the horrors of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars that killed close to a million people and completely destabilised the region. PM Anthony Albanese’s...

In July 2024, Sydney Water faced a crisis after detecting dangerously high levels of PFAS chemicals in drinking water in the Blue Mountains. 41,000 homes in areas such as Blackheath, Leura, Mount Victoria, Catalina...