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Friends of the Earth Melbourne is calling on the community to support our vital work through its annual membership drive, called the Big Ask.
We have launched this year’s campaign on Earth Day, April 22, and it will go until May 22.
We need your support and financial help to continue campaigning on the BIG Issues in 2013 and beyond.
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Yes 2 Renewables is the renewable energy campaign of Friends of the Earth Melbourne.
We work in support of all forms of renewable energy. Because of the destructive VC82 state government policy, which blocks off much of the best regions in Victoria to wind energy developments, wind power tends to be the focus of our campaign work at present.
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Quit Coal is a Melbourne-based collective of Friends of the Earth, which campaigns against the expansion of the coal industry in Victoria.
We believe this is vitally important because building new coal infrastructure means many more decades of dirty, old technology, when we should be moving towards clean, renewable energy.
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While concerns about coal seam gas (CSG) drives a lot of debate about unconventional gas operations, Tight Gas will come into stronger focus if the current moratorium on the process of fracking is lifted.
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Just three weeks after Premier Napthine opened the Macarthur wind farm, a coalition of southwest Victorian and supporting groups have released a joint statement calling on the Premier to rewrite anti-wind farm planning laws and unlock jobs in southwest Victoria.
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Canadian gold miner Crocodile Gold is pressing ahead with the development of the Big Hill open pit project at Stawell in western Victoria.
The company has started the process of getting approval from the Victorian Government.
It plans to process 2.3 million tonnes of ore to recover more than 108,000 ounces of gold.
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The Australian government gives over $10 billion worth of handouts to big polluters every year.
Take action now. Tell the Treasurer and your local federal MP to slash polluter handouts from the upcoming federal budget in May.
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Momentum is building for the state's new Premier, Denis Napthine, to re-write Victoria's restrictive wind energy laws.
Please help us build momentum. Sign the petition here.
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In 2012, community concern about the threat of new coal and gas operations, especially coal seam gas (CSG), pushed the state government to ban the use of dangerous BTEX chemicals and place a moratorium on the process of fracking for gas.
The moratorium will finish shortly and the government has made it clear it wants to see renewed expansion of the fossil fuel industry.
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An alliance of 59 groups has called on the Victorian government to ban all new on-shore coal and un-conventional gas operations until there has been a thorough investigation into the likely impacts of this industry.
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