October 24, 2001

Environment groups worldwide are working to stop the construction of the $1.1 billion OCP oil pipeline which is planned to carry crude oil from the Ecuadorian Amazon over the Andes and to the Pacific coast. The OCP consortium is comprised of Alberta Energy (Canada), Kerr McGee (USA), Occidental Petroleum (USA), AGIP (Italy), Perez Companc (Argentina), Repsol-YPF (Spain) and Techint (Argentina).

October 23, 2001

International Environmentalist Delegation Tours El Salvador To Assess Human Triggered Disasters, Promote Solutions

Today an international delegation of environmentalists completed a three-day mission to assess the impacts of human-triggered environmental disasters in El Salvador. They are seeking to compare such disasters to those in other developing countries and highlight solutions to increasingly urgent environmental crises.

October 22, 2001

Friends of the Earth have stated the fire at WMC's Olympic Dam is inconceivable following a similar fire two years ago. Yesterday¹s fire, involving 1million litres of kerosene, started at the same place as the previous, 100 metres from the uranium extraction plant. It is unclear from initial reports whether there has been radiological exposure. Friends of the Earth have called for a full independent assessment into both fires.

October 18, 2001

Rising Tides, Rising Waste
Failure to act on climate change will impact business

Friends of the Earth will highlight the Federal Environment and Industry Ministers' failure to act on climate and nuclear issues in Adelaide today. The group has stated that a failure to act will have long-term impacts on both the environment and the economy. The call comes at the start of the National Industry Policy Conference in Adelaide that will discuss the impact of greenhouse and energy policy on business.

October 18, 2001

Groups Condemn Troop Commitment: Not In Our Name

Friends Of The Earth Australia
Anti-Bases Campaign Committee
People For Nuclear Disarmament W.A.,
Trade Union Environment Caucus
No-War Sydney

Anti-War groups, peace groups, and environment groups Australia-wide have condemned the Howard governments commitment of 1550 defence personnel to Afghanistan as foolish and irresponsible.

October 16, 2001

Australian Conservation Foundation - The Wilderness Society - Greenpeace - Friends of the Earth - Total Environment Centre - Conservation Councils of NSW, Victoria, Queensland, ACT, WA, NT & SA

With four weeks to the federal election, a coalition of environment groups today released interim report cards on the four major political parties performance, policies and commitments to date.

October 9, 2001

National environment group, Friends of the Earth Australia, has welcomed Kim Beazley's statement that, if elected, the Australian Labor Party would ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.

October 8, 2001

A vigil for peace has been called in response to US and British military attacks on Afghanistan overnight. The vigil will take place at 5pm in the City Square, Melbourne today. Friends of the Earth (FoE), who will join the vigil, have called for calm amid heightening tensions. The environment / peace group is concerned that military actions will in no way help the cause of justice and may well fuel further terrorist actions escalating global insecurity.

October 6, 2001

Premier Oil have survived round one in their contest with environmentalists over their plans to explore for gas in Kirthar National Park, Pakistan. The Sindh High Court has dismissed the legal challenge brought by local campaigners and Friends of the Earth International because the relevant wildlife laws were dramatically weakened while the case was being considered. But Pakistani environmentalists have questioned whether Premier Oil were behind the sudden legal amendment made by the Pakistani authorities, and they are now planning to take the case to the Supreme Court in Islamabad - the highest court in the land.

September 27, 2001

Australian Conservation Foundation , The Wilderness Society , Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth,
Conservation Councils of NSW, Victoria, Queensland, ACT, WA, NT, SA, Tasmania

With a federal election looming, Australia's leading national and state environment groups have united for the first time ever to map out a comprehensive environment agenda and campaign.