Submitted by Site Admin on Mon, 17/04/2006 - 00:00
April 17, 2006
This Easter weekend over 100 people converged peacefully at Lake Cowal for RAIN Corroboree in central western NSW stopping work on a massive gold mine on the edge of the lake for over 5 hours. Eight supporters for the protection of Lake Cowal were arrested.
Submitted by Site Admin on Thu, 13/04/2006 - 00:00
April 13, 2006
Wiradjuri Traditional Owners supported by the Indigenous Justice Advocacy Network, the Coalition to Protect Lake Cowal, Rainforest Information Centre, Peacebus.com, Friends of the Earth and environmental and human right supporters around Australia will be converging on Lake Cowal for Rain Corroboree this Easter Weekend, 14-17 April.
Submitted by Site Admin on Tue, 04/04/2006 - 00:00
April 4, 2006
Buried in the fine print of documents released by the Howard government yesterday is an acknowledgment that the Chinese regime need not subject a single ounce of Australian uranium to safeguards inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and can freely use it to produce nuclear weapons.
Submitted by Site Admin on Sun, 02/04/2006 - 01:00
April 2, 2006
Friends of the Earth Australia
People for Nuclear Disarmament NSW
People for Nuclear Disarmament WA Australian Peace Committee
AUSTRALIAS URANIUM WILL FUEL CHINESE BOMBS
Australian peace and environment groups say it is inevitable that Australian uranium, if exported to China, will fuel Chinese nuclear weapons. If Australia is serious about its nuclear nonproliferation concerns, our uranium should stay in the ground.
Submitted by Site Admin on Fri, 31/03/2006 - 01:00
March 31, 2006
With Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visiting Australia this Saturday-Tuesday, medical and environmental groups are today releasing a statement opposing uranium exports to China. The statement is endorsed by the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, Friends of the Earth, the Australian Conservation Foundation, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Public Health Association of Australia, Queensland Conservation Council, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory, and the Arids Lands Environment Centre (Alice Springs). It is posted at: <www.geocities.com/jimgreen3/chinauran.html>,
Submitted by Site Admin on Thu, 16/03/2006 - 17:20
March 16, 2006
To celebrate International Water Day on the twenty second of March, a National Day of Action for Lake Cowal will be held in all major cities, including Sydney and Melbourne.
Submitted by Site Admin on Thu, 16/03/2006 - 12:00
March 16, 2006
The Environment Centre of the NT (ECNT), the Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of the Earth have criticized the Federal government’s recently created Uranium Industry Framework steering committee, meeting in Darwin today, for avoiding a range of important issues relating to the nuclear industry.
Submitted by Site Admin on Mon, 13/03/2006 - 01:00
March 13, 2006
Friends of the Earth today called for a moratorium on the further release of commercial products containing nanoparticles until serious concerns about their safety are addressed.
Submitted by Site Admin on Wed, 01/03/2006 - 01:00
March 1, 2006
-WTO ruling does not prevent countries from restricting or banning GM foods-
BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) / WASHINGTON DC (US) 28 February 2006 – Friends of the Earth International made available online today a confidential World Trade Organization ruling on the trade dispute on biotech, or genetically modified (GM) foods. [1]
Submitted by Site Admin on Mon, 20/02/2006 - 01:00
February 20, 2006
International report to European Union on ‘destructive legal logging’ slams Tasmanian Third-World practices
A report prepared by international environmental organisations has ranked the Tasmanian logging industry alongside Third World countries such as Burma, the Philippines, Indonesia and Suriname.
