Friends of the Earth Brisbane
Environmental protest given the green light in Queensland
Today in the Brisbane magistrates court, Magistrate Jim Herlihy gave the green light to environmental protestors in Queensland to take action to protect the environment from coal and coal seam gas development.
“This is a great day for Queensland, and a great outcome for the environment” said Derec Davies from Friends of the Earth.
Gladstone Harbour Dredge Protest – environmental activist challenges court
On the 9 Nov 2011 environmental activist Derec Davies boarded and stopped one of the controversial Gladstone Harbour dredges. Gaining national media attention and connecting the dredging impacts to the Great Barrier Reef and the activities of Queensland's coal seam gas industry.
Dredging Suspended in Gladstone Harbour
Months after Friends of the Earth and local fishers brought national attention to the hugely negative effects of Gladstone Harbour dredging on the local ecosystem and economy, the State Government has finally suspended one aspect of the practice due to 'muddiness'.
It's the coal barons, not activists, who threaten society
With revelations that the Australian Federal Police have spent tax payers money spying on non-violent protesters, Shaun Murray has written a great response from the activist perspective.
Australian government must investigate massacre in Indonesia
With three dead and nine critically injured, questions are being raised about the role of Australian owned company Arc Exploration after a community protest on the island of Sumbawa was attacked by Indonesian police.
December update
Welcome to our last ebulletin of the year, where we've decided to provide some snapshots of the exciting wins the Queensland environmental movement has had in 2011. It's been a cracker of a year world-wide, with Occupy, the Arab spring and anti-corporate protests shaking the world. Let's remember, strategise and imagine... Where will 2012 take us?!
FoE's South Melbourne Commons launches this weekend
The South Melbourne Commons community hub will celebrate its official opening on Saturday 10th December 2011 from 10am-4pm. Please come along if you're in Melbourne!
The South Melbourne Commons is a joint initiative of the Friends of the Earth and Father Bob Maguire Foundation, our vision encapsulates the dynamic social and environmental qualities of both organisations.
Community Rights, Corporate Wrongs: new report from FoEI
Friends of the Earth International promotes the respect and enforcement of community rights as a means to resist corporate power and create social change. Our member groups around the world are working closely with local communities, demanding a just transition towards sustainable rural and urban societies, in contrast to the current profit-driven and internationalised economy. This report focuses on campaigns that have the defence and enforcement of community rights at the heart of their struggles.
FoEI supports Occupy
Friends of the Earth International is inspired and energized by the current unfolding of world-historic, transformative events. From the popular uprisings in Northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula to the indignados of Europe, from the encampments of the #occupy movement to the student movements in Latin America and the UK, people from all over the world are calling for economic and socio-political justice. Our history of campaigning against transnational corporations and environmentally destructive economic policies has clearly indicated that we must attain economic justice in order to save the planet.
What's going on at COP 17? Keep updated with FoE...
As world leaders meet in Durban, South Africa to discuss efforts to tackle global warming, Friends of the Earth is calling on the rich developed countries, which have historically emitted the most greenhouse gases, to agree to urgent and dramatic cuts in their emissions starting NOW. You can follow how the meeting is progressing via the Friends of the Earth International network.
Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa: memory, truth and justice for heroes
Last month, people from around the world commemorated the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa, a Nigerian activist hanged by the military regime for drawing global attention to Shell's environmental devastation of the Niger Delta.
Lack of Transparency - Skulduggery in Food Irradiation
The Federal Government has used a general review of food labelling standards to pass an application to irradiate food in Australia.
Groundswell Spring 2011 now online
Groundswell is FoE Brisbane's quarterly newsletter, keeping you up to date with our campaigns and events, and providing thought-provoking reading year round. This season we take a special look at the proposed Wandoan Megamine and its impacts on the environment, Great Barrier Reef and Queensland communities.
Lack of Transparency and Skulduggery in Food Irradiation
The Federal Government has used a general review of food labelling standards to pass an application to irradiate food in Australia.
Bligh commended for staying firm on uranium mining in QLD
Dear Premier Bligh,
We are writing to congratulate you for re-affirming your commitment to keeping Queensland free of uranium mines. We thank you for not backing down on your principles on the sale of uranium to India , and for stating that you will maintain Queensland Labor’s “no uranium mines policy”, despite the pressure applied by Julia Gillard and uranium industry promoters.
We are writing to congratulate you for re-affirming your commitment to keeping Queensland free of uranium mines. We thank you for not backing down on your principles on the sale of uranium to India , and for stating that you will maintain Queensland Labor’s “no uranium mines policy”, despite the pressure applied by Julia Gillard and uranium industry promoters.
Clive Palmer’s car swamped by angry landowners as Nature Refuge stands to fall
Mining magnate Clive Palmer avoided being mobbed today by angry landowners over the proposed Waratah Coal’s Galilee Coal (aka China First) mine. The mine will see total destruction of a Queensland Nature Refuge, paving the way for Queensland's 412 Nature Refuges to be mined.
Strategic Environmental Assessment and Gladstone Harbour - Terms of Reference and Dredging Response
Gladstone Harbour and surrounding waterways of the Fitzroy River delta are set to undergo massive development to accommodate the Surat Basin and lower Bowen Basin's new coal and CSG LNG (Coal Seam Gas and Liquified Natural Gas) export port facilities.
Protesters halt dredging in Gladstone Harbour.
Protesters halted dredging in Gladstone harbour today, when Friends of the Earth campaigner Derec Davies locked on to a Gladstone port corporation dredge.
Mr Davies was part of a protest organised by Friends of the Earth with the support of local people.
He unfurlled a banner on the dredge, which read "Save the reef, halt dredging" and chained himself to the dredge at approximately 9:30am this morning, after being ferried in by a fast-travelling Zodiac inflatable speed-boat.