Media Releases

BHP and Leighton Holdings to drive deforestation and mining in Indonesian Borneo’s rainforests

Submitted by Cam Walker on Thu, 07/11/2013 - 16:15

Media Release: 7th November 2013

Friends of the Earth (FoE) has today called on BHP Billiton , Leighton Holdings, the Australian government and the World Bank to pull back on its plans for a massive expansion of coal mining in the Upper Barito Basin, a remote part of Indonesia’s forested province of Central Kalimantan.
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Galilee Coal Basin: Newman's Fire-sale on the Climate

Submitted by Cam Walker on Thu, 07/11/2013 - 16:13

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Thursday 7th of November, 2013

At today's Major Project Conference, Newman has announced a fire-sale on the climate and the Great Barrier Reef according to environment group Friends of the Earth Brisbane.

Campbell Newman announced at the Major Projects Conference in Brisbane this morning that the Government would negotiate discounted royalties with the first mining companies in the Galilee basin, effectively subsidising their costs.
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Mining industry to get its wish list from Abbott government?

Submitted by Cam Walker on Mon, 28/10/2013 - 13:18

Friends of the Earth media release October 28, 2013

The Minerals Council of Australia will today unveil what it calls ‘practical new measures to reduce red tape and speed up project approvals without diminishing environmental protection’.
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Friends of the Earth Groups Call on Shell To Clean Up Nigeria Oil Spills

Submitted by Cam Walker on Mon, 05/08/2013 - 13:22

MEDIA ADVISORY August 5, 2013
Friends of the Earth Australia

Friends of the Earth Groups Call on Shell To Clean Up Nigeria Oil Spills

Melbourne / AMSTERDAM (THE NETHERLANDS) / LAGOS (NIGERIA), 5 August 2013 – Exactly two years after a United Nations report exposed oil giant Shell's systematic contamination of Ogoniland in Nigeria, Friends of the Earth groups from around the world are today launching an online petition targeting Shell. [1]
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Coalition divided while Australians are united in support for renewable energy

Submitted by Cam Walker on Tue, 18/06/2013 - 09:17

MEDIA RELEASE - Tuesday June 18

Coalition divided while Australians are united in support for renewable energy
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Government must act to support threatened communities

Submitted by Cam Walker on Fri, 07/06/2013 - 09:03

Friends of the Earth media release. June 8, 2013
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Testing reveals potentially dangerous ingredients in sunscreen and cosmetics

Submitted by Cam Walker on Tue, 05/03/2013 - 14:01

March 5 2013

New testing from the National Measurement Institute (NMI) has revealed that many Australian sunscreen and cosmetic products still contain anatase titanium dioxide, despite years of warnings of its extreme potential to generate free radicals - which could damage DNA and protein.
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Media Releases

BHP and Leighton Holdings to drive deforestation and mining in Indonesian Borneo’s rainforests

Galilee Coal Basin: Newman's Fire-sale on the Climate

Mining industry to get its wish list from Abbott government?

Friends of the Earth Groups Call on Shell To Clean Up Nigeria Oil Spills

Coalition divided while Australians are united in support for renewable energy

Government must act to support threatened communities

Testing reveals potentially dangerous ingredients in sunscreen and cosmetics

March 5 2013

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