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Climate Change

The science is in: the climate is changing. And Australia's natural environment is already paying a heavy price as drought, flooding, fire and other extreme weather events increase.

With current projections that just two degrees of warming will have disasterous impacts around the world the time for meaningful action is now.

Friends of the Earth Brisbane works with other Friends of the Earth groups throughout the world to help transform the world to more sustainable future.

We believe that climate change impacts upon all aspects of the environment and society and that a grassroots response to this challenge is needed.

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What are we doing

Friends of the Earth has four campaigns directly focusing on climate change, three working on energy issues that contribute to climate change and environmental impacts, and one campaign focusing on the human impacts of climate change.

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Friday 7 September 2012
September eBulletin
Sunday 3 June 2012
June Update - busting the 'professional protester' myth


Tuesday 8 May 2012
May 2012 ebulletin update


Monday 9 April 2012
April 2012 ebull


Wednesday 7 December 2011
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?!

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Resources for Climate Change

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

Images for Yeppoon Event x 3 attached below

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

 

FoE Clive Palmer’s car swamped by angry landowners 2 Yeppoon Nov 2011.JPG, FoE Clive Palmer’s car swamped by angry landowners 4 Yeppoon Nov 2011.JPG, FoE Clive Palmer’s car swamped by angry landowners 3 Yeppoon Nov 2011.JPG
FoE vs Xstrata Friends of the Earth Wandoan Mega Mine Media Kit Aug 2011

Pushing the envelope: Friends of the Earth vs Xstrata in court

The Wandoan coal mine in Queensland is the first of the new mega mines to be developed in Australia. This mine will be the largest coal mine in the southern hemisphere.

FoE vs Xstrata Friends of the Earth Wandoan Mega Mine Media Kit Aug 2011.pdf
Submission to Queensland Government Strategic Cropping Land policy and planning framework 2010

Submission of the Six Degrees Coal and Climate Campaign, Friends of the Earth Brisbane on
behalf of:

FoE Agriculture land protection submission to Queensland Government 2010.pdf
Community Dialogues on Coal Report

In November 2008 Six Degrees undertook a listening tour of coal affected communities in Queensland. The purpose of the tour was for Six Degrees to improve our understand of the impacts of the coal industry in Queensland, and to gauge the attitudes of affected communities to climate change and the expansion of the coal industry.

Community Dialogues on Coal Report.pdf

News and media for Climate Change

Friday 7 June 2013
World Oceans Day 2013: Ocean changes illustrate stark reality of climate change

Outlining the reality

With two-thirds of our planet covered by oceans, and living as we do in a land “girt by sea”, Friends of the Earth Australia sees this year’s World Oceans Day (8th June), focusing on the theme of “Oceans and People”, as an opportune moment to highlight the way in which carbon pollution is undermining the life-supporting capacities of our oceans and magnifying their destructive potential.

 

Wednesday 20 March 2013
Australian government approves nuclear irradiation of tomatoes

The irradiation of tomatoes & capsicums (bell peppers) has been approved by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) today.

In Australia, all irradiation is done with nuclear material.

Now, A1069 (the application for the irradiation of tomatoes and capsicums) only requires rubber-stamping from the Ministerial Council.  Each state has at least one STATE MP on the Council.  Let your local member know that you say NO!!!   
 
Media: Robin Taubenfeld 0411118737
 
Ministerial contact details and a sample letter is below.
 
Monday 18 March 2013
NGOs release alternative report to Uranium Implementation Committee

Friends of the earth, in conjunction with the Australian Conservation Foundation, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, Electrical Trades Union, North Queensland Conservation Council, Queensland Conservation Council and Queensland Nuclear Free Alliance have released a report damning the LNPs push for uranium mining in our state.

High Risk – Low Returns: the case against uranium mining in Queensland is the NGO and civil society response to the LNPs undemocratic decision to go ahead with uranium mining in our state.

Read the report [here]

Thursday 14 February 2013
Face to Face with Fukushima:

Sunday 20 January 2013
Happy 2013 - International Year of Ending Fossil Fuel Dependence! (wishful thinking, we know)

The first week of January has seen unprecedented temperatures throughout Australia with many records being broken.  At the end of that week the Climate Commission released a report: "Off The Charts: Extreme Australian summer heat" which clearly links the events of that week with climate change.  Unfortunately it recieved little or no mass media coverage.  Read it here: http://climatecommission.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/CC_Jan_2013_Heatwave4.pdf

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