FootPrints for Peace are planning a community walk from Cairns to Gladstone to highlight the impact that coal exports will have on the Great Barrier Reef. The walk is supported by Friends of the Earth and Lock the Gate.

FootPrints for Peace is keen to connect with communities between Cairns and Gladstone to discuss the impact that coal and coal seam gas will have on communities along the east coast.

ANZ - We die-in your world

Today, activists staged a die-in at two of ANZ's Brisbane branches, calling on the bank to stop funding dirty coal projects like Whitehaven Coal's Maules Creek Coal project. 

The bank is contributing $1.2 billion towards a mine which would destroy koala habitat in Leard State Forest, and be responsible for 13 million tonnes per annum of dirty coal, making the effects of climate change even worse.

The Land Court today rejected Xstrata's legal costs application against Friends of the Earth Brisbane, over their objection to the Wandoan mega coal mine.

Friends of the Earth spokesperson Dr Bradley Smith says their organisation is relieved by the decision. The costs application was expected to be for over half a million dollars, far above the resources of Friends of the Earth Brisbane, which is a small volunteer-run environment group.

The Solar Dawn solar-thermal power station project near Chinchilla was confirmed dead today, following Newman Government pulling $75 million in funding earlier this year.

Friends of the Earth Brisbane spokesperson Bradley Smith says that this is a significant loss for Queenslanders.