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Groundswell Spring 2011 now online

Submitted by kim.stewart on Sat 3 Dec 2011 10:31am
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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. 

Bligh commended for staying firm on uranium mining in QLD

Submitted by kim.stewart on Thu 1 Dec 2011 12:05pm
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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.

Images - FoE Clive Palmer’s car swamped by angry landowners Yeppoon Nov 2011

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Images for Yeppoon Event x 3 attached below

Video footage available from Channel 7 and Win 9 in Rockhampton.

 

Clive Palmer’s car swamped by angry landowners as Nature Refuge stands to fall

Submitted by derec.davies on Wed 30 Nov 2011 2:18pm
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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

Submitted by derec.davies on Thu 10 Nov 2011 3:27pm
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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.

Coal mine linked to accelerated loss of Great Barrier Reef

Submitted by derec.davies on Mon 29 Aug 2011 11:44am
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Research from climate change experts released this week shows that coal mines and subsequent carbon emissions will accelerate the loss of the Great Barrier Reef resulting in jobs losses and massive impacts on the Queensland economy.

Mega coal mine challenged in QLD Land & Environment Court

Submitted by kim.stewart on Tue 23 Aug 2011 11:52am
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A landmark case in Australia’s environmental history will begin in Brisbane on Monday when environment group Friends of the Earth take on global mining giant Xstrata in a bid to have a proposed mega coal mine in Queensland rejected. 

The court case will be the first ever in Australia to argue exclusively for outright refusal of a coal mine based on climate change impacts.

Support our fight against big coal!

Submitted by derec.davies on Sat 4 Jun 2011 12:36pm
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Wandoan T-Shirts and online donations

Want to support our case against Xstrata? Start some interesting  conversations by buying a shirt or donate online.

Donate: https://www.foe.org.au/donate/product_info.php?products_id=85

Coal Seam Gas protest stops exploration in Tara!

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The national movement against coal and coal seam gas mining, farmers and environmental groups around the country are backing a three-day event, including displays, workshops and direct action, at Tara on the western Darling Downs in Queensland.

UPDATE APRIL 3, 2011: It's been a big few days at the CSG blockade - congratulations to all involved!
"Police have left the site, telling protesters the dispute is now a civil matter"

Friends of the Earth takes Xstrata to Court over Climate Impacts

Submitted by steve.skitmore on Mon 28 Feb 2011 5:18pm
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On Friday 25th February, 2011, Friends of the Earth lodged an objection against a massive open cut coal mine proposed by Xstrata Coal for west of Wandoan in South West Queensland. 

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