Head of #energy policy in world’s fourth biggest economy says scale and pace of energy #transition is unprecedented, but the fossil fuel industry is fighting back.
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Head of #energy policy in world’s fourth biggest economy says scale and pace of energy #transition is unprecedented, but the fossil fuel industry is fighting back.
Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure by Israel to have toxic environmental fallout, experts warn
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Friends of the Earth has regular field trip in the Wombat forest in Central VIC with representatives from the Galk-galk Dhelkunya (forest gardening) team of DJAARA.
The next one is on fri March 27:
www.melbournefoe.org.au/wombat_work_...
This weekend we are presenting the 2nd snow gum summit in Jindabyne, NSW.
We are bringing the best research & thinkers together to delve into solutions to the twin threats of dieback & longer, more intense fire seasons.
Full details >
www.melbournefoe.org.au/snow_gum_sum...
As part of the Snow gum summit we will be co-hosting a planting afternoon on 16 March 2026 in Perisher Valley in the Snowy Mountains.
If you'll be in the area please join us.
Full details > www.melbournefoe.org.au/adopt_a_snow...
Feeling the pinch lately? Did you know climate impacts make up around 20% of the #CostOfLiving increase since 2022? We think it's time that big companies also feel the cost of their climate pollution!
‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombed
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Friends of the Earth Australia statement: Illegal US-Israel attacks on Iran risk repeating horrors of wars in Iraq & Afghanistan.
www.foe.org.au/us-israel-il...
The new edition of our magazine has been mailed to subscribers & is available on the website: '150 Issues of Chain Reaction, 50 years of making trouble' (with a suitably Retro cover).
www.foe.org.au/chain_reaction
This online launch marks the start of a new, community-driven campaign to make big polluters pay for climate damage and to build lasting community power in a climate-impacted world.
www.tippingpoint.org.au/online_launc...
Fire seasons are getting longer & more intense, increasing costs & damages for the community and environment.
Who should pay for the damage?
Please take this quick survey to share your views.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/who_should_pay
Big polluter Woodside's own modelling shows it could be operating in the red within five years, under a net zero energy transition scenario. This should raise major alarm bells at #HESTA and #AustralianSuper, which have members' retirement savings invested in Woodside.
And the award for fracking and f**king our future goes to… #APA GROUP! #UASolutionsSummit
Spoiler alert: making #climate change worse is not a solution for Australia’s future. 🙃 #auspol
Wonderful: work starts on a 100% publicly owned 205 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Gippsland.
'The $650 million deal marked a series of firsts: VIC’s 1st publicly owned utility-scale wind farm & the first wind farm in Australia to be built within a pine plantation.'
reneweconomy.com.au/works-begin-...
The Walk for Truth 2026 is a national journey led by Travis Lovett, calling for truth-telling, healing & meaningful change.
Last year the walk went from western VIC to Naarm/ Melbourne. It will continue to Canberra this April.
www.walkfortruth.com
In Black Summer a campaign by the Murdoch press claimed the bad fires had nothing to do with climate change & was about arson.
It feels like things have shifted - more & more people see that seasons are getting longer & climate change is driving the changes.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/who_should_pay
'Big tech industry’s claims about the climate benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) are a hoax. 74% of claims about AI’s climate benefits are unproven, serving the profits of tech & fossil fuel industries, downplaying the major climate harms of AI'.
foe.org/news/report-...
@foeus.bsky.social
The Bureau of Land Management has announced it is seeking nominations for oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
This step invites oil companies to identify where they want to drill in one of the most ecologically and culturally significant places left on Earth.
The VIC Gov has released its response to the Climate Resilience Inquiry Committee's report.
Our email action in response is here:
www.melbournefoe.org.au/email_treasu...
An ex-Labor strategist turned pollster says there are votes in taxing Australia’s biggest polluters through reframing the debate and evolving demographics.
Our survey of Won Wron & Mullungdung Forests have wrapped up & our report is out.
Over 5,400 trees were surveyed: there are ~500 koalas at Mullungdung & 200 at Won Wron.
These numbers probably represent a quarter of the entire Strzelecki koala population.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/new_report_o...
Snow Gums face an existential threat from fire & dieback.
Our Snow Gum summit will happen in Jindabyne over the weekend of March 14 & 15.
There is an amazing lineup of speakers & we have just launched the walks program.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/snow_gum_sum...
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
'The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped'.
“Policymakers & the public remain largely unaware of the risks posed by what would effectively be a point-of-no-return transition.'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Friends of the Earth Australia's statement on police violence against anti-racism protestors
www.foe.org.au/police_viole...
'A campaign group that attacked Labor, the Greens & teal independent candidates at the last federal election was almost entirely funded by a coal industry lobby group'.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Our forum: The West Deserves the Best, will happen in Hoppers Crossing on March 14.
Our aims:
- Build solidarity amongst individuals & groups whose work often happens in silos
- Develop shared asks ahead of the 2026 VIC state election
www.melbournefoe.org.au/the_west_des...
The 2nd snow gum summit is happening next month on Ngarigo Country in Jindabyne.
It will bring people together from across the Australian Alps, to address the threats facing these iconic landscapes we know & love.
Speakers program now launched.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/snow_gum_sum...
Solar provided 59% of electricity in the Australian national (east coast) grid between 9am and 6pm over the past week. It was 30% of total generation.
Life moves pretty fast etc.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
