Green Action News: Issue 8, Winter 2009
Green Action News
Issue 8, Winter 2009
In this edition: We're counting drops, getting green jobs for Victoria, wondering what the big polluters have on Rudd; and that's just to get you started.
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Let's be honest...
It's going to cost money. Get used to it.
Part of what we do here at Environment Victoria is meet with politicians, their advisors and government bureaucrats.
It’s how we atone for our sins.
- Change the system
- Water and Healthy rivers
- Safe climate
- Smart stuff-less waste
- Sustainable lifestyles
- Share
- 2010 election
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Coal is for dinosaurs
- Community action plan
- Gippsland sustainable water strategy
- Go Yarra Flow
- Green Jobs
- Halving our emissions
- REBORN campaign
- Smart transport
- Walk Against Warming
- Water Futures
- Dark Green
- Light Green
- Skeptic
- Melbourne
- North-east Victoria
- South-east Victoria
- West Victoria
- North-west Victoria
- South-west Victoria
Turning it around: a 2010 state election agenda
Turning it around: a 2010 state election agenda to safeguard our environment
Victoria's leading environment groups have joined forces to develop a strong agenda for environmental action in the 2010 state election.
For decades successive governments have overseen the decline of our environment. The next term of government can and must be a turning point.
From forests to rivers
I'm delighted to be with Environment Victoria
For me, rivers are a web of links across the state. Until recently I was a forest campaigner working to protect the remaining old-growth forests here in Victoria. Now, that I’ve got a rivers focus to my days, the patchy mosaic of forests we were working to protect stand in contrast to rivers and waterways that are still largely in existence. The problem is, they need a drink. Desperately.
Hazelwood Power Station – Victoria’s dirty little secret
Imagine a wealthy state like Victoria being home to the dirtiest power station in the developed world. You’d think that was impossible wouldn’t you? Unfortunately its not, which is why we’re campaigning for the closure of Hazelwood power station and its replacement with cleaner, greener alternatives.
A decarbonisation reality check
Friday, 12 March 2010
One of the most effective ways of concealing something is to hide it in plain sight – and that seems to be what the Rudd government is up to with the future of coal-fired power generation in Australia.
Two big...
moreAlgae takes the bloom off river holidays
Saturday, 6 March 2010
Peter Ker, The Age
THE Murray River should be flushed before long weekends and holidays to protect the struggling tourism sector, Victoria's Tourism Industry Council says.
The Labor Day long...
moreReducing our coal dependence
Friday, 5 March 2010
Green Online
According to the coal industry, greenhouse gases generated from coal through such activities as mining and power generation globally contribute around 25 per cent to the enhanced greenhouse effect. In...
moreGeelong jobs secured but...Greenies slam deal for Alcoa
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Star News Group
A plan to continue powering Alcoa’s aluminum smelters with brown coal until 2036 has outraged environmentalists despite securing hundreds of jobs in the Geelong region./p...
moreAlcoa deal will secure jobs: Brumby
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Brisbane Times
A deal to continue the operations of Alcoa's controversial aluminium smelters for another 20 years secures jobs for Victorians, Victorian Premier John Brumby says.
But environment groups...
moreEnvironment groups condemn Alcoa power deal
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
ABC News
Aluminium exporter, Alcoa, has signed a 20-year deal to use brown coal-fired electricity to power its Victorian smelters.
Latrobe Valley power generator, Loy Yang Power, will sell...
moreAlcoa deal locks in emissions
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Royce Millar, Ben Schneiders and Adam Morton, The Age
The biggest consumer of Victoria's brown-coal-fired electricity is to continue operating for decades after the surprise announcement of a long-term power deal for...
moreMurray red alert as toxic algae spreads
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Peter Ker, The Age
An outbreak of toxic algae in the Murray River is spreading rapidly, with the size of the bloom doubling in the space of 48 hours.
...
moreVic tests the water on new waste tax
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Inside Waste Weekly
The Victorian Government’s waste management plans appear in disarray after news leaked last week it was surveying residents about how much extra they would pay to process their waste...
moreUnexpected greenie steers city's future
Friday, 12 February 2010
Jason Dowling, The Age
The mayor is using his political smarts as a unifying force.
The Greens candidate in the 2008 election for Melbourne's lord mayor was comfortably defeated, beaten by the...
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What’s your vision for Victoria?
Have your voice heard!
In 2010, both the state and federal governments go to the polls. And what better opportunity to put a little pressure on those pollies and get the policies we need for our environment.
A healthy environment and a safe future for all...
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All I want for Christmas is a little less conversation and little more action
Mr Rudd and Mr Brumby!
Outside the Bella Centre at the opening of the Copenhagen Climate Summit there was a sign that simply said 'Blah, Blah, Blah'. I can't think of anything that more aptly frames the conference and its disappointing outcomes.
I don't know...
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Environment Victoria's campaign highlights for the year
yep, there's a few...
It's never easy securing environmental victories, but we reckon we’ve had a pretty good year on the campaign trail. While we’re still not taking the critical big steps forward to reduce emissions, save our rivers and protect our...
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- Victoria: green and growing |
- Envirowatch 2008 |
- Envirowatch 2007 |
- The Quick Guide to our Community Climate Action Plan |
- Turning it around: a 2010 state election agenda |
- Retro budget forgets climate change |
- One year out from the state election, green groups put parties on notice |
- Australians to send clear message to Rudd in Copenhagen |
