Safe climate blog posts
How to have a great green barbie
And eat it too
Nothing says Summer like the smell of a sizzling barbie and the sounds of a coldie being opened, friends and family cackling away and 6’s being hit...
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Congratulations
On another massive year
Regardless of what happens over coming years, 2011 will go down as a major turning point in Australia’s action on climate change.
At a...
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Premier flipflops on climate change (again)
Has the Baillieu Government changed its tune on climate action or is its support for Melbourne as the home of the new Climate Change Authority blatant opportunism?
I’...
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Our legal challenge has been delayed
But in the meantime we've got a challenge for you
Our legal challenge against the proposed new coal-fired power station HRL has been unexpectedly adjourned until next year...
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Join the Backwards March
Call on the Premier to stop taking Victoria backwards on our environment
It’s fair to say that the a href="http://www.environmentvictoria.org.au/envirowatch/...
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Baillieu Government
Takes two big backwards steps on climate action
This week has not been a good week for the climate in Victorian politics.
Firstly on Saturday, 23 October...
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And we're off
Day 1 of EV vs EPA
It’s mid afternoon on the first day of our legal challenge against...
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One girl’s story of a carbon price campaign
Congratulations Australia!
I remember clearly the first time I learnt about emission trading schemes – although I didn’t know that’s what it was called at...
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Getting closure
on dirty power
Last Friday the federal government called for expressions of interest to...
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Our volunteers
think we're great!
We'll that's what they said at our volunteer night last week, although admittedly we did supply them with alcohol and snacks before hand…
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Let's take the fight against new coal power to the feds
Sign the MONSTER petition today
You may have heard back in May that the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) approved a a href="http://www.environmentvictoria.org.au/...
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Our solar future on a knife-edge?
We hope not!
Media speculation is currently whirling around whether or not the Baillieu Government is about to cut Victoria’s solar feed-in tariff.
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It's official.
The Baillieu Government has now made it harder to build a wind farm than a new coal mine or coal-fired power station in Victoria.
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HRL attempts to silence critics
Environment Victoria in court over new coal-fired power plant
Environment Victoria was back at the Victorian Administrative Appeals Tribunal this afternoon, for the next...
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Ideas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Forget about it!
Let’s focus on waste... But not energy waste.
Over the last year I have worked with a number of community groups who had designed some really exciting projects that...
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The amazing case
of the disappearing climate policy
Long before photoshop, in post-World War 2 Soviet Union Joseph Stalin had an interesting and macabre habit. When one of his Ministers or...
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Environment Victoria launches appeal
against new coal in Victoria
This afternoon Environment Victoria and local climate action group Local’s Into Victoria’s Environment (LIVE) launched our legal...
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Welcome increase
to Victoria’s energy efficiency
Environment Victoria welcomes the recent decision by the Baillieu Government to double Victoria’s successful Energy Efficiency...
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You may have heard the shocking news
that that the Victorian Government is slashing Environment Victoria’s funding
We don’t know exactly how much funding we’ll lose but here’s what we...
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Say YES to a STRONG price on pollution
this World Environment Day
World Environment Day is one of those brilliant annual events where communities from all...
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Playing favourites
with Victoria's energy future
Environment Victoria today released a map of the proposed HRL Dual gas coal-...
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Coalition missing in action
from big decisions about Victoria’s energy future
At 4 pm yesterday, at a time when half the nation’s journalists were in Federal budget lock-ups, the State...
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Will the state government reveal its environment agenda
at next Tuesday’s budget?
Budget time is where the real priorities of governments are revealed. As has been said many times, real commitment is demonstrated...
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April 22nd- 41 Years of Earth Day
The times, they are a-changin… Are we?
Earth Day, so the story goes, was born out of the aftermath of a devastating oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara,...
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Clean money for dirty coal
Mark Wakeham in the Climate Spectator
There are two debates swirling around a price on pollution in Australia. First there’s the vitriolic tug of war between the...
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Keep an eye on the coal industry
with our new CoalWatch resource
Your Green Action of the month, should you choose to accept it, is to help us keep an eye on the dangerous expansion plans of Victoriarsquo...
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IMPORTANT UPDATE:
Decision about new coal-fired power station delayed
Environment Victoria has welcomed the Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA) request for further information...
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The Coalition
faces a challenging environment
Thursday, 3 February 2010
When the Victorian Coalition took power in November's state election, it did so without releasing a formal...
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This Christmas think outside the box
and share the power
Still searching for a climate friendly gift for family and friends this Christmas? Look no further, as our friends at Hepburn Wind might just have the...
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