'Channel Seven’s Spotlight program aired in prime-time on Sunday evening. But the 50-minute report failed to communicate key facts & ignored the basic journalistic practice of balance & rights of reply.' www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'The Mount Macedon snow gum populations represent the highest altitude stands within the shire & are documented to be among the largest occurring outside eastern Victoria & the Alpine regions'. Parks VIC destroyed a section of this forest last week. midlandexpress.com.au/latest-news/...

In March we hosted the 2nd snow gum summit. Following our Snow Gum Summit 2025, the 2nd one built on last year's conversations about the Victorian Alps to connect scientists, First Peoples, land managers & communities across the Alpine bioregion. www.melbournefoe.org.au/recap_snowgu...

A recent media segment has put forward a number of misleading claims about our sector, particularly around battery supply chains and clean energy technologies. This analysis from Renew Economy takes a closer look at those claims and highlights where key context has been missed.

'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, analysis of political disclosures reveals'. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Walk for Truth 2026 is a national journey led by Travis Lovett, calling for truth-telling, healing & meaningful change. It left Naarm/ Melbourne today, heading towards Canberra. The public are welcome to join sections of the walk. Check the website for details. www.walkfortruth.com/walk-with-us

Community rally tomorrow at Mt Macedon summit from 10am.

day 2 of community protest on mt Macedon to stop the destruction of precious snow gum forest. www.melbournefoe.org.au/save_mt_mace...

Our media release is here > www.melbournefoe.org.au/media_releas...

Work has been halted all morning. Please help build pressure - you can take action here and help to #SaveMacedonSnowGums www.melbournefoe.org.au/save_mt_mace...?

The VIC Gov has approved destruction of rare snow gums on the summit of Mt Macedon so people can get a view of Melbourne. Take action here and help to #SaveMacedonSnowGums www.melbournefoe.org.au/save_mt_mace...

The VIC gov has approved the destruction of Snow Gums on Mt Macedon in order to “restore” historic views of Melbourne from the Memorial Cross on the top of the mountain. Only 21ha of Montane Grassy Woodland remains in central & western VIC! themountainjournal.com/2025/08/21/p...

Our updated report on community attitudes about who should pay for the damage caused by more frequent & intense wild fire. The 'who should pay' survey > www.melbournefoe.org.au/reports

Help PNG community members defend their lands from Santos' dirty gas plans Can you chip in & help cover the costs to get these community representatives to Santos’ AGM next week? chuffed.org/project/papua

Will van de Pol of @marketforces.org.au "Investors need gas companies to be completely upfront about the fundamentals of projects they want to bring into this rapidly shifting & increasingly risky global gas market". reneweconomy.com.au/gas-pipeline...

Our guide for making a quick, powerful submission to the Senate Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources. www.melbournefoe.org.au/submission_g...

There's something just so brilliant about coal mines being directly replaced with solar farms www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/07/g...

Since launching the campaign calling for a national Climate Compensation Fund communities across the continent have stepped up to make big polluters pay their fair share. Hundreds of people have joined the campaign & VIC is leading the way. Training day, may 2. events.humanitix.com/victraining

The illegal US-Israeli war on Iran has had devastating human impacts and triggered the worst energy crisis in modern history Friends of the Earth Australia calls for peace, public transport, a tax on polluters & electrifying everything Read full statement:

A number of false & misleading claims have been made about Friends of the Earth in The Australian newspaper today. In a long piece focusing on funding for enviro orgs, a number of false claims were made about us & our work. Our response is here > www.foe.org.au/false_claims

We asked people in VIC about their experiences of this summer's fires and who should pay for the costs of fighting fire & clean up. Overwhelming support for a levy on fossil fuel exports. www.melbournefoe.org.au/who_should_p...

'A majority of the committee — including Greens chair Peter Whish-Wilson, the two Labor senators, independent David Pocock and Liberal senator Andrew McLachlan — used their additional comments to make clear that the main report does not go far enough.'

Last Saturday we hosted a public symposium, sharing community stories & concerns about Transport Justice in western Melb. We asked attendees what their top priorities are when it comes to Public Transport and they said: - Reliability & Connectivity - Cost of Living - Safety & Accessibility

The sum gum summit declaration 2026. 'Snow Gums (Warragung in Ngarigo) are at risk of disappearing, rendering Australia’s unique Alpine environment unrecognisable. Climate change is responsible for increased bushfire events & spread of dieback'. themountainjournal.com/2026/03/31/t...

Macquarie has been a little shy 👉👈 … but we know deep down it's just as proud of the billions of tonnes of emissions its financing as it is about doing climate action 🫠 So today we surprised them with an award. 🎖️ #auspol #climate #macquariebank #beetaloo

'The US-Israel war on Iran is a disaster for the climate, according to an analysis that finds it is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined.' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

'Scientists have issued a dire warning that the widespread death of key eucalypt species in Australian ecosystems could be imminent, due to global heating. Scientists gathered at the Snow Gum Summit last week to discuss combating the loss of an iconic tree'. www.melbournefoe.org.au/media_releas...

'Sea surface temperatures in the northwest Coral Sea are currently 0.5–1.0°C above average, and this has fuelled the storm’s rapid intensification.' theconversation.com/cyclone-nare...

Terrible news: oil companies get access to 187 tracts in Alaska totaling about 1.3 million acres. 'The lease sale threatens to bring a new onslaught of harmful oil & gas drilling & other industrial activity to ecologically sensitive areas'. earthjustice.org/press/2026/w...

We are seeing the beginning of ecosystem collapse of snow gum woodlands. We must develop a recovery plan if these communities are to remain viable into the future. The 1st step towards a recovery effort is to recognise the risk of extinction nationally. www.melbournefoe.org.au/snowgum_nomi...

Our Snow Gum Summit on Ngarigo Country this weekend explored scientific, biocultural & community-driven solutions for Warragung / Snow Gums. Thanks to Ngarigo presenters Dr Jakelin Troy, Jason Fieldhouse & Lara Troy-O’Leary, Taungurung Land & Waters & an unreal lineup of researchers & land managers.

We've been off at the snow gum summit in Jindabyne. 2 days of extreme tree & science nerding. Its been awesome. www.melbournefoe.org.au/snow_gum_sum...?

The Review of the Net Zero Economy Authority’s Energy Industry Jobs Plan has been tabled in Parliament. It calls for the Fed gov to "determine the best model to deliver transition supports to workers in closing coal mines (incl those that sell coal to the export market)." We welcome the report.

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