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/...

Very close to 100% #renewable electricity is feasible for Australia’s main #grid at reasonable cost using just several hours of storage. Four years of #data proves this is so.

Friends of the Earth Australia's statement on terrorist bombing attempt at Boorloo Invasion Day rally www.foe.org.au/boorloo_atte...

Every month we hold a worktrip to the Wombat forest in central VIC in support of traditional owner aspirations to manage their country. Lately we have been focusing on removal of invasive species like gorse. Next one is FEB 27, all welcome. www.melbournefoe.org.au/djaara_workt...

MP Monique Ryan: "A step worth considering: name extreme heat events after the companies responsible for heat-intensifying emissions. Fossil fuel polluters know their products are heating our planet, but they continue to choose delay over responsibility". www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...

European states agree to spend €1 trillion to build the world’s largest energy hub in the #NorthSea and cut dependence on fossil fuel imports.

It’s not that complex. #auspol #climate

'The rapid spread of conspiracy theories about Victoria’s recent bushfires – such as lasers causing the blazes – has prompted warnings that misinformation will become more frequent as natural disasters increase because of climate change.' www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...

“We want to give industry the certainty it needs to invest and help us keep building the renewable energy Victoria needs" - Victoria energy minister Lily D’Ambrosio reneweconomy.com.au/australias-f...

Victoria has set the pace for Australia’s offshore wind industry. Today’s announcement is another step toward a cleaner, more resilient and more affordable energy future that delivers for communities and climate. Our response: www.melbournefoe.org.au/milestone_mo...

Since 1788, Aboriginal people have been fighting genocidal colonial forces. The fight for recognition, liberation, culture and country continues today. Join us at protests and observations across the continent this Monday. Here are some events near you. 🔗 foe.org.au/invasion_day_2026

As much of Australia heads into another heatwave, these resources may be useful. We explore what makes a heatwave, what to do before to prepare and what to do during a heatwave to stay cool. www.melbournefoe.org.au/heatwave_saf...

The Australian Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate & Energy has published my 75pp submission on the history of fossil capital's systemic global disinformation war via the #AtlasNetwork thinktanks against climate science, policy & clean energy. www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor...

“There was definitely a signal of human-induced climate change behind this event,” said Prof Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, one of the report’s co-authors and a climate scientist at the Australian National University.

We will be hosting the 2nd snow gum summit on Ngarigo Country in Jindabyne. March 14 & 15. We are delighted to announce the first line up of confirmed speakers. www.melbournefoe.org.au/snow_gum_sum...

A look at contamination from the use of PFAS loaded Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) to suppress the fire at the Longford Gas Plant in Gippsland. In 1998, a pressure vessel ruptured, causing a disastrous 2 day fire which killed 2 workers & injured 8 others. www.melbournefoe.org.au/longford_gas...

Your support is crucial to our campaigns. We run off the smell of an oily rag, and every dollar counts! You can make a tax deductible donation at foe.org.au/donate2026

'What we are seeing now is not normal. Accelerated by climate change, fires have increased in ferocity over my lifetime & are – terrifyinging – now capable of making their own weather systems, known as pyrocumulonimbus clouds.' - Alex Kelly 350.org/wildfires-bu...

2025 ranks as the third warmest year on record, following the unprecedented temperatures observed in 2023 & 2024. You can read the report from Copernicus Climate Change Service here: climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

If you're reading/ watching the Murdoch press in Australia, you may have missed this one. 'Last year was the third-hottest on record, scientists have said, with mounting fossil fuel pollution behind “exceptional” temperatures.' www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Solidarity with those affected by the devastating fires that occurred across Victoria last week. Our thoughts are with those affected by these fires. We're collating resources from the ground & ideas on grassroots initiatives for people to support. www.melbournefoe.org.au/support_vic_...

Great to see this coverage of the env impacts of the fires currently burning in Victoria. 'VIC’s bushfires have torched almost as much land as the Black Saturday disaster, prompting fears for vulnerable animals, including a small distinct population of dingoes'. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

☢️BETTER ACTIVE TODAY, THAN RADIOACTIVE TOMORROW☢️ Over the summer we are raising funds to support our National Anti-Nuclear Campaign and core operations. Make a tax-deductible donation today to keep the grassroots pressure on the federal government to ‘nuke nuclear’. 🔗 foe.org.au/donate2026

Great work from The Age newspaper - a great connection between the image (effects of a devastating fire) & an article about how the Howard gov ignored expert advice about the likely impacts of climate change if they didn't act to reduce emissions.

Bushfires rage in Australia’s southeast, authorities warn of 'catastrophic' Friday conditions reut.rs/49db86G

AS 2 major fires continue to spread in VIC, much of the state is facing a Catastrophic Fire Danger Warning for tomorrow. Yes, this is an Australian summer. But this is also an example of what summers look like under the influence of climate change. www.foe.org.au/stop_burning...

Since 2020, residents of Gippsland have been sharing info via the Friends of the Strzelecki Koala Grp about locations of koala hit by vehicles. This info has now been added to FoE's Strzelecki koala map. The town of Meeniyan is the 'centre' of the roadkill. www.melbournefoe.org.au/strzelecki_k...

'In a tone deaf move, the Victorian Coalition has launched a pro fossil gas campaign in the middle of the worst fire conditions the state has experienced since Black Summer'. www.melbournefoe.org.au/media_releas...

'In a tone deaf move, the Victorian Coalition has launched a pro fossil gas campaign in the middle of the worst fire conditions the state has experienced since Black Summer.' www.melbournefoe.org.au/media_releas...

The 'Tone Deaf' award this week goes to the Victorian National & Liberal parties, who have launched a pro fossil gas ad campaign during a heatwave which has the potential for catastrophic fire conditions. Well done, team. www.miragenews.com/libs-nationa...