Submitted by Site Admin on Thu, 17/03/2005 - 19:40
17 March, 2005
Wolfowitz: Terrible Choice for World Bank President
Friends of the Earth International
March 16, 2005, Washington, DC -- Friends of the Earth International today condemned President Bushâ??s nomination of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz to head the World Bank, the worldâ??s leading multilateral lending institution.
Submitted by Site Admin on Thu, 10/03/2005 - 19:38
March 10, 2005
Friends of the Earth Australia welcomes the motion from Democrat leader Senator Lyn Alison passed today by the Australian Senate, on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference, scheduled to run from 2 - 27 May at the UN in New York.
Submitted by Site Admin on Wed, 23/02/2005 - 19:36
Wednesday, 23 February 2004
Joint Statement: Friends of the Earth International, Greenpeace International, the Rainforest Action Network and the Sierra Club unreservedly condemn the decision by the Australian woodchip company, Gunns, to sue environmentalists and politicians in Australia who have opposed its role in the logging of old growth forests in Tasmania.
Submitted by Site Admin on Thu, 20/01/2005 - 19:32
January 20, 2005
Tsunami aid pledges must be sustainable
WALHI/Friends of the Earth Indonesia
Tsunami aid pledges must be sustainable, affected communities should decide
A tragic disaster stuck Indian Ocean countries on the 26th of December 2004 and has resulted more than 160,000 people dead and missing. More than 1.5 million displaced people are in urgent need of basic items.
Submitted by Site Admin on Mon, 20/12/2004 - 16:39
December 20, 2004
Friends of the Earth Australia has joined with environmental groups and people around the country to denounce the lawsuit commenced by Gunns against environmentalists and politicians over the logging of forests in Tasmania.
Submitted by Site Admin on Sat, 18/12/2004 - 16:36
December 18, 2004
Poorest Lose Out At Climate Change Talks
Friends of the Earth International
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, December 18, 2004: A deal was reached at United Nations (UN) climate change talks that ended in Buenos Aires today, only two months before the UN Kyoto Climate Treaty enters into force.
Submitted by Site Admin on Fri, 17/12/2004 - 16:35
December 17, 2004
A delegation of Victoria's peak environment groups visited the proposed Hattah/Nowingi site for hazardous waste facility in north-west Victoria, yesterday.
Submitted by Site Admin on Wed, 15/12/2004 - 16:34
December 15, 2004
Litigation Warms Up Climate Talks
Friends of the Earth International
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec 14, 2004 -- Legal cases to combat climate change are not on the official agenda of the United Nations (UN) talks on Climate Change in Buenos Aires where ministers representing 189 nations meet December 15-17. But they are a hot issue behind the scenes.
Submitted by Site Admin on Mon, 15/11/2004 - 16:33
Monday 15 November, 2004
Representatives from New South Wales communities impacted by coalmines are gathered in protest outside a meeting of the International Climate Change Task Force in Sydney today to highlight the hidden costs of coal production and call for no new coal mines in the State. While the International Climate Change Task Force is meeting in Sydney this week to solve the problems of global warming, the coal industry in New South Wales continues to expand at the fastest rate in history.
Submitted by Site Admin on Fri, 05/11/2004 - 16:30
5 November, 2004
Delays expected to cost millions and set back operation start up
Justice David Lloyd from the Land and Environment Court today handed down a decision invalidating consents and permits issued by the Department of Environment and Conservation to destroy Aboriginal objects on the proposed electricity transmission line (ETL) for the controversial Lake Cowal Gold Project.
