Submitted by Site Admin on Mon, 28/07/2008 - 21:41
Today the federal parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCT) is holding a public hearing in Melbourne regarding the Australia-Russia Nuclear Agreement which includes provisions for the export of Australian uranium to Russia. The JSCT will hear that there have been no International Atomic Energy Agency inspections in Russia for many years - information which the Australian Safeguards and Non- proliferation Office and the Department of Foreign Affairs have conspicuously failed to provide to the Standing Committee.
Submitted by Site Admin on Sun, 13/07/2008 - 20:39
On July 13, Make Poverty History launched its new report 'See the Bigger Picture: Australian Action on climate change: a guide for Garnaut and the Government'. It urges the Rudd Government to establish an international coalition to accept ‘climate change refugees’ when a country becomes uninhabitable because of rising sea levels, as outlined in Labor’s 2007 National Platform.
Submitted by Site Admin on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 04:21
Friends of the Earth (FoE) today condemned the announcement by the Brumby Government to give approval to a new coal-fired power station in the La Trobe Valley.
Submitted by Site Admin on Fri, 13/06/2008 - 06:35
Before the election Labor condemned the Howard government’s process for siting a radioactive waste facility and also promised a method of addressing radioactive waste management issues which are ‘scientific, transparent, accountable, fair and allows access to appeal mechanisms’ and to ‘ensure full community consultation in radioactive waste decision-making processes’. Now we have federal Minister Martin Ferguson talking about fast-tracking a nuclear waste dump.
Submitted by Site Admin on Tue, 03/06/2008 - 21:19
Friends of the Earth Brisbane has expressed disappointment at the Queensland Government as yesterday’s budget announced spending of more than $700 million on coal infrastructure, dwarfing spending on climate change initiatives and renewable energy.
Submitted by Site Admin on Tue, 03/06/2008 - 19:55
Conservation groups Friends of the Earth and Friends of Gippsland Bush (FoGB) have today announced concern over the State Government's May 30 announcement regarding forest protection in the Strzelecki ranges in south eastern Victoria.
Submitted by Site Admin on Sun, 25/05/2008 - 20:09
In a report launched at the COP 9 Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) in Bonn, Friends of the Earth (FoE) has criticised the Australian government for the ongoing logging of Australia’s native forests, causing widespread loss of biodiversity, despite being a signatory to the Convention.
Submitted by Site Admin on Sun, 25/05/2008 - 20:08
Friends of the Earth in the USA has found that commonly used baby and children's products and upholstered household furniture contain dangerous levels of toxic chemicals called halogenated fire retardants.
Today the federal parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCT) is holding a public hearing in Melbourne regarding the Australia-Russia Nuclear Agreement which includes provisions for the export of Australian uranium to Russia. The JSCT will hear that there have been no International Atomic Energy Agency inspections in Russia for many years - information which the Australian Safeguards and Non- proliferation Office and the Department of Foreign Affairs have conspicuously failed to provide to the Standing Committee.
On July 13, Make Poverty History launched its new report 'See the Bigger Picture: Australian Action on climate change: a guide for Garnaut and the Government'. It urges the Rudd Government to establish an international coalition to accept ‘climate change refugees’ when a country becomes uninhabitable because of rising sea levels, as outlined in Labor’s 2007 National Platform.
The G8 leaders meeting in Hokkaido from July 7-9 have failed to respond to the gravity of the climate crisis confronting the global community.
Friends of the Earth (FoE) today condemned the announcement by the Brumby Government to give approval to a new coal-fired power station in the La Trobe Valley.
Canada has become the first country ever to be brought to court for failing to comply with its legal commitments to combat global warming.
Before the election Labor condemned the Howard government’s process for siting a radioactive waste facility and also promised a method of addressing radioactive waste management issues which are ‘scientific, transparent, accountable, fair and allows access to appeal mechanisms’ and to ‘ensure full community consultation in radioactive waste decision-making processes’. Now we have federal Minister Martin Ferguson talking about fast-tracking a nuclear waste dump.
Friends of the Earth Brisbane has expressed disappointment at the Queensland Government as yesterday’s budget announced spending of more than $700 million on coal infrastructure, dwarfing spending on climate change initiatives and renewable energy.
Conservation groups Friends of the Earth and Friends of Gippsland Bush (FoGB) have today announced concern over the State Government's May 30 announcement regarding forest protection in the Strzelecki ranges in south eastern Victoria.
In a report launched at the COP 9 Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) in Bonn, Friends of the Earth (FoE) has criticised the Australian government for the ongoing logging of Australia’s native forests, causing widespread loss of biodiversity, despite being a signatory to the Convention.
Friends of the Earth in the USA has found that commonly used baby and children's products and upholstered household furniture contain dangerous levels of toxic chemicals called halogenated fire retardants.