Submitted by Site Admin on Fri, 01/09/2006 - 00:00
September 1, 2006
Uranium mining is unnecessary, unsafe and unpopular and has no place in Queensland according to a broad group of community representatives who have today called on all parties to rule out uranium mining ahead of the state election.
Submitted by Site Admin on Thu, 31/08/2006 - 00:00
August 31, 2006
Premier Beatties environmental promises, made today as Labor officially launched its election campaign, fail to address one of Australias most environmentally significant and contentious issues - uranium mining.
Submitted by Site Admin on Wed, 30/08/2006 - 00:00
August 30, 2006
Communities Unite to Oppose National Nuclear Waste Dump
People in cities across Australia will today target Parsons Brinckerhoff - the private company contracted to assess the Federal Government’s proposed sites for a Commonwealth nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory.
Submitted by Site Admin on Wed, 23/08/2006 - 00:00
August 23, 2006
Environmental groups are concerned that traces of hexazinone, a herbicide associated with weed control in pine plantations has been consistently detected by Geelong’s Drinking Water Authority, Barwon Water, since December 2004.
Submitted by Site Admin on Fri, 18/08/2006 - 00:00
August 18, 2006
Friends of the Earth today condemned the Victorian Liberal’s promise to wind back the state’s renewable energy target.
“It appears the Liberals are so desperate to claw back votes this election that they are prepared to sacrifice rural Victoria to do it,” said Cam Walker, Friends of the Earth Campaigns Coordinator.
Submitted by Site Admin on Thu, 17/08/2006 - 00:00
August 17, 2006
UN and EU should help NGOs start large-scale oil cleanup in Lebanon
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Beirut/Brussels/Tel Aviv, 17 August 2006 - Friends of the Earth today appealed to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) to send a team from its "Post-Conflict Branch" to Lebanon and Israel in order to undertake an independent assessment of the environmental impacts of the recent war between the Lebanese Hizbullah group and Israel.
Submitted by Site Admin on Wed, 16/08/2006 - 00:00
August 16, 2006
Friends of the Earth Australia questions the appropriateness of the development of a carbon trading scheme between state governments announced today as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Submitted by Site Admin on Fri, 11/08/2006 - 00:00
August 11, 2006
12 months after the Department of Sustainability & Environment (DSE) were embarrassed for illegally logging protected Superb Parrot habitat, Friends of the Earth have uncovered another case in which a logging contractor was illegally instructed to log 4 hectares outside of an approved coupe boundary.
Submitted by Site Admin on Wed, 09/08/2006 - 00:00
August 09, 2006
Friends Of The Earth Australia
Association Of World Citizens
Peace groups and parliamentarians from around the world have come together in an appeal for peace in the Middle East. The appeal for peace, faxed yesterday from Sydney to the UN Security Council, calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities. The appeal was coordinated by Friends of the Earth in conjunction with the Association of World Citizens.
Submitted by Site Admin on Mon, 07/08/2006 - 00:00
August 07, 2006
CELCOR / Friends of the Earth Papua New Guinea
Australian Conservation Foundation
PORT MORESBY (PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PNG) -- Multinational logging companies operating in Papua New Guinea are involved in widespread human rights abuses, political corruption and the brutal suppression of workers, women and opponents, according to a new report.
