Labor MP joins 12,667 Australians to call on Parliament to cut coal funding
Moree solar decision increases pressure on Minister Ferguson to pull $100 million grant to HRL
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Canberra
Environment Victoria and Greenpeace will today deliver a petition to Parliament signed by 12,667 Australians, calling for the removal of a $100 million Federal grant for a proposed new coal power station. Boxes of petitions will be handed to Kelvin Thomson MP, ALP member for Wills, who will table the petition in the House of Representatives around 4.30 pm today.
The petition calls for...
moreUncertainty over future of HRL plant
Friday, 20 January 2012
Gus Goswell, ABC News
There is uncertainty over the Federal Government's commitment to a new power station planned for the...
moreScientists reject plan to save Murray-Darling
Thursday, 19 January 2011
Tom Arup, The Age
A group of Australia's leading scientists have rejected the proposed plan to save the Murray-Darling, saying basic information needed to have confidence it will...
moreAssessment ongoing
Monday, 9 January 2012
Latrobe Valley Express
Funding for a proposed demonstration power plant near Morwell is currently under assessment by the Federal Government, after a deadline for project milestones passed on New Year's eve.
...moreSandridge beach given thumbs down today
Friday, 30 December 2011
Tom Arup, The Age
Sandridge beach at Port Melbourne will be declared off limits for swimming today after the Environment Protection Authority forecast its water quality to be ''unacceptable...
moreWishing you a very conscious Christmas
Sunday, 11 December 2011
Michael Green, Domain, The Age
What would the festive season be like without the bells and whistles?
One way of preparing for Christmas involves buying new things - a lot of new things...
moreRiver health
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Shepparton News
The Goulburn River provides more water for use in Victoria than any other river except the mighty Murray itself.
Victorian Water Accounts figures from 2009/10 show 974 billion litres...
moreNirvana away from building where wildlife won't croak
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
John Masanauskas. Herald Sun
Endangered animals would be moved from boom housing suburbs to a safe haven, under a plan to keep more land for housing.
Property developers...
moreWater restrictions eased to stage one
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Alison Savage, 774 ABC Melbourne
Melbourne's water restrictions will be eased to stage one from today.
It is the first time since 2006 that restrictions have been eased to the lowest...
moreBaillieu Government gets 'fail' on environment
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Alison Savage, ABC News
The Victorian Government's green credentials have been criticised in an a href="http://www.environmentvictoria.org.au/content/envirowatch-2011-one-...
moreSenate passes carbon tax
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
The Gillard government declared victory for a "historic economic reform" today after the Senate finally passed a carbon tax - laws that have created political havoc for four years and have been debated...
moreFlemington women showing the way
Flemington's African and Middle Eastern women are the latest group of locals to embrace sustainable living.
Recruited by our Community Consultant, Iman Barabiaa, another group of Flemington residents have just completed their Flemington Green sustainable living training. The 16 women are from East African countries (Eritrea, Ethiopia and South Sudan), Turkey and Yemen and all reside on the Flemington public housing estate. The women have attended workshops on saving energy and saving water (with a guest presentation from City West Water), held by Environment Victoria at the Flemington Community Centre in November 2011.
The...
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