Friends of the Earth Australia

No new coal in Anglesea - Time to make the transition

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 25/10/2011 - 01:20

Environmental groups have demanded that Alcoa and the State Government come clean on any plans to expand the Anglesea coal mine into heritage-listed heathland.

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Edition #97 - October 2011

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Friends of the Earth (FoE) Australia

Monthly electronic bulletin

Early October 2011, Edition [# 97]

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Friends

Once again its been a fair gap between newsletters, again a reflection of how busy things have been.

I thought I would send a quick email to let you know about our CSG roadshow, which starts this Monday in western Victoria. Details below.

Wishing you the best

Regards

Cam

CONTENTS

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Quick Edition - September 2011

hello all
a quick update from Friends of the Earth of two significant actions:

our call for a ban on coal seam gas (CSG) in Victoria and an attached 'road show' of public forums,
a call for submissions into a proposed uranium mine in WA.

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NGOs and nano policy debates - have we made a difference?

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 26/08/2011 - 09:24

Around the world, community groups have worked for years to draw attention to nanotechnology's health, environment, social and democratic challenges. Have our submissions and reports, consumer guides and industry surveys, blogs and opinion pieces, street theatre and protest actually influenced how this powerful new technology is governed or the direction of its development?

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Secret docs reveal Australian government rejects labelling for informed choice

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 26/08/2011 - 09:24

Confidential documents obtained under Freedom of Information reveal that the Federal Government does not support labelling of nanomaterials for informed choice.

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International Experts Called in to Stop Xstrata’s Wandaon Coal Mine

Submitted by Site Admin on Thu, 04/08/2011 - 06:45

Friends of the Earth (FoE) has called in some of the world’s leading climate change experts as witnesses to assist the Queensland Land Court in understanding FoE’s climate change case against the Wandoan Mega Mine. FoE are calling on the Court to recommend that the Queensland Government reject the mine as part of the formal approval process for the proposed mine.

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Please put in a submission against exploration for coal and CSG

Submitted by Site Admin on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 23:00

Please put in a submission against exploration application for coal and CSG in western Victoria. These must be put in by August 21.

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Edition #96 - August 2011

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Friends of the Earth (FoE) Australia
Monthly electronic bulletin
Late August 2011, Edition [# 96]
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Friends

Once again its been a fair gap between newsletters, simply a reflection of how busy things have been.

Attached is a quick summary of some of our recent key work. Our court case against the Xstrata coal mine in Queensland is especially big news at present. We are also launching a major campaign against CSG in Victoria shortly.

Wishing you the best
Regards
Cam

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CSG threat to Murray-Darling: 12.7 million hectares and counting

Submitted by Site Admin on Sat, 16/07/2011 - 17:00

Seven environment groups last week provided a detailed submission to the Federal Senate Inquiry into coal seam gas and the Murray-Darling, arguing that the industry represents one of the gravest new threats that has ever been seen to the Basin.

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