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NEWS: thursday, 15 december 2011
Closing brown coal plants would help meet target
Almost half of Victoria's 20 per cent emissions reduction target could be met through a federal government program paying to shut heavy-emitting power plants...more
news: Saturday, 22 october 2011
Latrobe Valley generators embrace ALP carbon plan
The owners of the giant Latrobe Valley power plants Hazelwood and Yallourn have put their hands up for the first stage of the Labor Party's scheme to pay generators to close under the carbon tax...more
news: thursday, 6 october 2011
Power plan causing unease
State Energy Minister Michael O'Brien says Victoria needs greater confidence that any power plant in the Latrobe Valley that is paid to close will be replaced by investment in new-power generation...more
news: monday, 3 october 2011
Contract for closure
Latrobe Valley power stations interested in closing as part of the Federal Government’s carbon pricing package would not begin being phased out until at least 2016...more
news: saturday, 1 october 2011
Power switch-off deadlines
The government yesterday called for expressions of interest for its ''contract for closure'' program - aiming to shut 2000 megawatts of highly emissions-intensive generation capacity by 2020...more
news: FRIDAY, 26 august 2011
Coal power struggle is a really messy business
The live question is whether Hazelwood and its brown-coal peers would be able to stay in business long enough to clean up by passing their increased costs on to electricity retailers and, ultimately, consumers...more
news: FRIDAY, 26 august 2011
Tough line on power buyouts
Climate Change Minister Greg Combet has challenged the multibillion-dollar buyout demands of the owners of the Hazelwood power station...more
news: thursday, 18 august 2011
Government pushes ahead with power station cuts
The Federal Government hopes to have contracts locked in by the end of June next year to cut 2,000 megawatts of power from the dirtiest generators...more
news: thursday, 11 august 2011
Hockey contradicts party
Federal Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey has described replacing Hazelwood Power Station as the "logical thing to do"...more
news: thursday, 21 July 2011
Abbott: the future is bright, brown
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has backed the long-term future of coal-fired power, arguing there is ''no reason'' new brown coal plants should not be built...more
news: wednesday, 20 July 2011
Abbott promises Hazelwood will not close
The Federal Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, says a Coalition government would allow power companies to decide their own emissions levels...more
news: MONDAY, 4 July 2011
Reports 'speculative'
International Power has dismissed media reports the company is close to striking a deal to close Hazelwood Power Station as "speculative", but admit they would be willing to accept compensation to close the plant...more
news: MONDAY, 4 July 2011
Renewing or rebuilding Hazelwood could mean a greener and cheaper future
Hazelwood has the potential to be the first coal powerstation to run with virtually zero emissions...more
news: Friday, 1 July 2011
PM won't confirm Hazelwood closure talk
Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the federal government's plans for the power station would be revealed when it releases the full details of the scheme...more
news: Friday, 1 July 2011
Vic premier wants more info on Hazelwood
Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu says more information is needed about any plans to close down Hazelwood power station under the federal government's carbon price package...more
news: Friday, 1 July 2011
Carbon deal to close two coal plants: report
As part of the looming carbon tax deal, the government plans to close two of Australia's highest-emitting power stations...more
news: Friday, 1 July 2011
Industry mobilises in carbon tax battle
The Gillard government is negotiating the phased closure of two of the nation's highest-emitting power stations as it seeks to clinch its climate change deal...more
news: Friday, 1 July 2011
Death-knell for 'dirty' Hazelwood
Australia's ''dirtiest'' large coal-fired power station, Hazelwood in the Latrobe Valley, could be bought out and shut down under a carbon price package expected to be announced within weeks...more
media release: Friday, 1 July 2011
Hazelwood closure could be climate and carbon price breakthrough
Today we welcome comments by Federal Energy Minister Martin Ferguson suggesting that the carbon price package would include funds to close Hazelwood Power Station...more
news: tuesday, 17 may 2011
The carbon tax's Hazelwood hitch
Although swamped by coverage of the federal budget, the Victorian government’s announcement that it is walking away from its predecessor’s plans to help phase out the Hazelwood brown coal power station is actually a big issue for Julia Gillard...more
news: sunday, 15 may 2011
Hazelwood man to steer power policy
The man who has spent years protecting the interests of Victoria's most polluting brown coal power station will become the Baillieu government's top energy and resources adviser...more
news: thursday, 12 may 2011
Hazelwood talks stop
The Baillieu Government seems to be missing in action from an important decision and how we are to look after the valley and the community as a whole...more
news: thursday, 12 may 2011
Govt has no plan to for climate change: Opposition
Premier Ted Baillieu has hand-balled responsibility for Victoria meeting its key climate change target to the federal government...more
news: wednesday, 11 may 2011
Govt has no plan to for climate change: Opposition
The State Opposition has accused the Baillieu Government of having no plan to reduce Victoria's reliance on brown coal....more
news: wednesday, 11 may 2011
Hazelwood closure talks abandoned
Plans for the phased closure of one of Australia's ''dirtiest'' brown coal power plants have been abandoned by the Baillieu government on the grounds it would be too expensive...more
news: wednesday, 11 may 2011
Green groups slam Hazelwood decision
Green groups are furious the State Goverment has abandoned a Labor plan to close two units at the Hazelwood power station...more
news: tuesday, 10 may 2011
Govt calls off talks on Hazelwood closure
The Coalition Government has dumped a Labor plan to close down two units at the Hazelwood power station...more
news: tuesday, 19 april 2011
'Dirty' power stations warning
Australia's ''dirtiest'' coal-fired power stations, including Hazelwood and Yallourn in Victoria, are likely to remain open, while less polluting plants are closed and replaced if Labor offers a blanket multibillion-dollar compensation scheme with its carbon price...more
news: friday, 11 february 2011
Calls to replace Hazelwood power station after landslide fears
Environment Victoria says the State Government needs to replace Hazelwood power station after fears of a landslide near the coal mine...more
news: friday, 11 february 2011
Vic freeway closed amid landslip fears
A section of a major freeway in Victoria's east will be closed for up to four months amid fears of a landslip at an adjacent coal mine...more
media release: friday, 11 february 2011
Coalition must set timeline to replace Hazelwood power station after landslide fears
We've called on the State Government to set a firm timeline to replace Hazelwood power station after fears of a landslip at the Hazelwood coal mine caused the closure of the Princess Highway in Gippsland this morning...more
news: friday, 11 february 2011
Freeway closed over landslide threat
The Princes Freeway has been closed indefinitely near Morwell, in eastern Victoria, because of fears of the threat of a landslide at the Hazelwood coal mine...more
news: thursday, 3 january 2011
Tackle Big Coal at your own risk
As alarm among scientists about runaway global warming intensifies so do efforts by the coal industry and its backers in government to stifle citizen protests...more
blog: thursday, 2 december 2010
Moving forward - The campaign to Replace Hazelwood rolls on
The campaign to replace Hazelwood is far from over. In fact, we’re just getting started...more
news: thursday, 2 december 2010
Power station to stay, for now
A plan to investigate the impact of the closure of Hazelwood power station will take place instead of Labor's pre-election proposal to compensate International Power to close two of the station's units...more
news: tuesday, 30 november 2010
Coalition urged to plan for Hazelwood closure
The lack of new generation capacity will increase the price of electricity in times of high demand...more
news: friday, 12 november 2010
Down and dirty: the stoush over Hazelwood Power Station
If Hazelwood were shut down - in part or in full - where would Victoria get the replacement electricity? Would Hazelwood's owners need to be compensated? And what about the workers?...more
update: tuesday, 9 november 2010
Where the major Victorian parties stand on replacing Hazelwood power station
Four weeks out from the state election we’ve analysed where the major parties stand on replacing Hazelwood power station...more
photos: saturday, 6 november 2010
Rally to Replace ALL of Hazelwood image library
The future of Hazelwood has become the key test of parties’ climate change credentials at this state election. The power station was recently described by Premier Brumby as the “dirtiest and most polluting power station in Australia”...more
release: saturday, 6 november 2010
5000 Victorians rally for election action on Hazelwood
Five thousand people attended the Replace Hazelwood Rally in Melbourne today, increasing pressure on John Brumby and Ted Baillieu to commit to replacing all of Hazelwood power station within the next term of Government...more
news: saturday, 6 november 2010
Wrong to dismiss the dirt on Hazelwood
Given the direct link from emissions of greenhouse gases to climate change and sea level rise, the emissions from Hazelwood can be pinpointed as a partial contributor to future sea level rise...more
blog: friday, 5 november 2010
Why we need to turn out in numbers this Saturday to Replace Hazelwood Power Station
If we don’t get a commitment in the next three weeks from the next state government to close all of Hazelwood, we’ll be living with this polluting clunker until the second half of the decade...more
release: friday, 5 november 2010
Thousands expected at Hazelwood Rally this Saturday
This Saturday, thousands of Victorians will march in Melbourne to increase pressure on John Brumby and Ted Baillieu to step up and commit to replacing the entire power station within the next term of Government...more
release: friday, 5 november 2010
Repeat offender: documents highlight Hazelwood environmental breaches
Documents obtained by Environment Victoria and the Environment Defenders Office show that the Hazelwood power station has repeatedly breached its pollution licence limits in recent years...more
news: monday, 1 november 2010
War of words over power station
The Greens MP Greg Barber says under Victoria's new Climate Change Act the State Government does not have to negotiate a price with International Power Hazelwood to shut down two of its units...more
release: monday, 1 november 2010
Where the major Victorian parties stand on replacing Hazelwood power station
Four weeks out from the state election we’ve analysed where the major parties stand on replacing Hazelwood power station...more
NEWS: friday, 29 october 2010
Greens policy on Hazelwood closure 'disappointing'
The State Government is accusing the Greens of failing to offer enough support to the phased shutdown of Gippsland's coal-fired Hazelwood Power Station...more
NEWS: thursday, 28 october 2010
Bank slashes station share value
The true value of Hazelwood Power Station and what the government would be required to pay its owners as part of a closure deal remain uncertain...more
NEWS: wednesday, 27 october 2010
The writing on the wall
CBA’s decision to write down its investment in Hazelwood is a very significant event in the evolving carbon pricing debate...more
NEWS: wednesday, 27 october 2010
Compo deal for Hazelwood shut down up in the air
What the current valuation of Hazelwood power station is showing is that the expected future profits for the power station are likely to be low...more
NEWS: wednesday, 27 october 2010
Hazelwood write down clears way for closure
The Commonwealth statement today suggests that past claims for compensation have been widely exaggerated. And in fact it would be much cheaper than anticipated to replace all of the power station...more
NEWS: wednesday, 27 october 2010
Bank slashes value of share in Hazelwood
Doubts have been cast over the value of Hazelwood power station after the Commonwealth Bank announced it had all but written off its share in the plant...more
NEWS: friday, 15 october 2010
Hazelwood closure may be delayed
The State Government will continue to push for the closure of Hazelwood Power Station despite Federal Climate Change Minister, Greg Combet, ruling out financial assistance in the next four years...more
NEWS: thursday, 14 october 2010
Future of 'dirtiest power station' under a cloud
A meeting between Victorian Premier John Brumby and Climate Change Minister Greg Combet has failed to produce an agreement over the future of Australia's dirtiest power station...more
NEWS: thursday, 14 october 2010
Dirty coal station 'will be closed'
Premier John Brumby is ''completely confident'' Australia's dirtiest power station will be closed, with or without federal help...more
NEWS: wednesday, 13 october 2010
The Valley looks to a low carbon future
Trade unionists, researchers, employers and policy makers have met in Traralgon to help the Latrobe Valley transition to a low carbon economy...more
NEWS: wednesday, 13 october 2010
Dirty coal-fired power shutdown yet to win Fed Govt support
The Victorian Government plans to phase out Hazelwood Power Station. It wants Federal Government support to meet the compensation bill, which is likely to be hundreds of millions of dollars...more
NEWS: wednesday, 13 october 2010
Federal funding unlikely for state's Hazelwood coal-reduction proposal
The federal government has cast doubt over Victoria's request for hundreds of millions of dollars to start closing Australia's ''dirtiest'' power station, stressing its priority on climate change is introducing a carbon price....more
NEWS: saturday, 9 october 2010
Those who pay polluters may not call the tune for coal-fired power workers
"In a transition, you have to maintain a system that is highly reliable. You can't turn off Hazelwood overnight. You have to bring in alternative energy supplies. You have to make sure the assets are maintained in the most efficient manner possible"...more
NEWS: thursday, 30 september 2010
It's all about gas
The collapse of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) and the inconclusive election result have created a real vacuum...more
blog: thursday, 30 september 2010
Why Hazelwood has got to go
Victoria produces the nation’s dirtiest electricity, relying on soggy brown coal to keep the lights on. Which makes it noteworthy that both sides of the state’s parliament last month voted to legislate for a 20 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020...more
news: tuesday, 21 september 2010
Hazelwood Power Station A Lemon
Frustrated by a lack of progress on the closure of Hazelwood power station in Victoria, protestors have taken their message to the station's new owners...more
news: monday, 20 september 2010
Talks to close Hazelwood 'within months'
The Victorian Government says talks with the Commonwealth over sharing the cost of closing the Hazelwood Power Station will begin within months...more
video: sunday, 15 august 2010
WATCH and that incredible cake on WIN News
The Wodonga and Albury Towards Climate Health group took action to Replace Hazelwood on the National Day of Action. Check out that cake!...more
news: saturday, 7 august 2010
How to dismantle an environmental dinosaur - cheaply
They're almost there. Victoria's coal-fired power generators have been pushing for a climate bailout for years, and both sides of politics now seem happy to oblige...more
news: thursday, 29 july 2010
Jobs the top priority
It's not just about brown coal in Gippsland, it's about a whole range of other resources...more
news: wednesday, 28 july 2010
Gippsland unions 'happy' with White Paper
The Victorian government’s plan to shut down Hazelwood Power Station, outlined in its Climate Change White Paper, has been welcomed by unions in the area...more
news: wednesday, 28 july 2010
Hazelwood owners want closure
International Power, owners of Hazelwood Power Station have claimed that they would rather close down the entire power station than just the two turbines...more
news: wednesday, 28 july 2010
The clunker we need to scrap is Hazelwood
Prime Minister Julia Gillard's $394 million ''cash for clunkers'' policy — designed to get polluting cars off the road — is aimed at the wrong clunkers...more
news: wednesday, 28 july 2010
Yallorn's hand up for shutdown
The owner of a second Latrobe Valley power station has expressed willingness to walk away from high-polluting brown coal if the right compensation deal can be struck...more
news: wednesday, 28 july 2010
Loy Yang B debt heads for the scrapheap
Uncertainty on carbon policy has resulted in debt held against one of the country's most emissions-intensive power stations, Loy Yang B in Victoria, being downgraded to one step above junk status...more
news: tuesday, 27 july 2010
Cleaner energy to cover Hazelwood gap
There will be no blackouts when Hazelwood Power Station eventually closes, according to Victoria's Energy and Resources Minister, Peter Batchelor...more
news: tuesday, 27 july 2010
Brumby plan exposes Gillard
Premier John Brumby has exposed Julia Gillard over climate change by unveiling an ambitious plan that would require hundreds of millions of dollars in federal support and - eventually - a national carbon price...more
news: tuesday, 27 july 2010
Gillard may help close Vic power station
Ms Gillard said she was prepared to talk to Victorian Premier John Brumby about helping foot the bill for the closure of Hazelwood Power station...more
video: monday, 26 july 2010
Q&A
The panel included the former leader of the Liberal Party Malcolm Turnbull; editor of the Spectator Australia Tom Switzer; the Deputy Leader of the Greens Christine Milne; Minister for Climate Change and Water Penny Wong; and Labor Minister turned lobbyist Graham Richardson...more
video: monday, 26 july 2010
Nation's dirtiest power plant to close
Hazelwood Power Station in Latrobe Valley will be a main casualty under John Brumby's bid to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020...more
news: monday, 26 july 2010
Hazelwood shutdown to cost millions: Brumby
The Victorian government has promised to pay to shut down one-quarter of Australia's "dirtiest" power station by 2014...more
news: monday, 26 july 2010
Plan to phase out Hazelwood power station
The Victorian Government has announced plans to pursue the gradual shut down of Hazelwood...more
release: monday, 26 july 2010
Victoria set to lead the national in reducing greenhouse pollution
Today we strongly welcome the Brumby Government’s Climate Change White Paper. The new greenhouse targets and policy package position Victoria as the leading state on climate change nationally...more
news: monday, 26 july 2010
Brumby lays down gauntlet on carbon
Launching a climate change white paper, Premier John Brumby will today promise legislation that would set a minimum target of a 20 per cent cut in emissions below 2000 levels by 2020...more
release: wednesday, 21 july 2010
Solar moves help clean up Victoria's energy supply
Today we welcome plans by the Brumby Government to fast-track the development of large scale solar power for Victoria...more
release: saturday, 17 july 2010
National Day of Action to Replace Australia's Dirtiest Power Station
Community groups from across Australia are taking part in a National Day of Action today to pressure Prime Minister Julia Gillard to Replace Hazelwood...more
NEWS: TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Replacing Hazelwood - Letters to the editor
Have a read of these passionate letters to the editor regarding the push to Replace Hazelwood...more
NEWS: monday, 12 july 2010
Coalition campaigns to close Hazelwood
A coalition of green groups has announced plans for a campaign to close the Hazelwood power station in Victoria's Latrobe Valley...more
release: monday, 12 july 2010
Call for Brumby and Gillard to unite to completely replace Hazelwood
Victorian climate and environment groups have held a media conference calling on Prime Minister Gillard to cooperate with the Brumby Government to replace Hazelwood power station with clean energy...more
release: saturday, 10 july 2010
Hazelwood moves welcome but complete replacement necessary
Signs that government is looking to retire part of Hazelwood are welcome but more needs to be done...more
News: saturday, 10 july 2010
Power cut for big polluter Hazelwood
A quarter of the Hazelwood coal-fired power plant could be shut down within four years under a Brumby government plan to cut emissions from Australia's ''dirtiest'' power station...more
News: wednesday, 23 june 2010
Close Hazelwood: Labor MP
A Labor MP has backed calls for the federal government to intervene to help close and Replace Hazelwood...more
RELEASE: Thursday, 17 june 2010
BREAZE hands the Replace Hazelwood message to John Brumby
20 members of the local climate group BREEZE joined with the Climate Action Centre in a Replace Hazelwood Protest today in the regional town of Ballarat...more
RELEASE: wednesday, 16 june 2010
National Day to Replace Hazelwood
On Saturday, 17 July we’re asking you to join with us in community actions across Australia calling on Kevin Rudd to make a commitment to Replace Hazelwood with clean energy by 2012...more
RELEASE: tUESDAY, 15 june 2010
Protesters scale famous hotel with climate message for World Environment Day
Four climate protesters have scale Melbourne's famous Young & Jackson hotel, hanging a 23-metre long banner from the building...more
RELEASE: saturday, 5 june 2010
National Day to Replace Hazelwood
On Saturday, 17 July we’re asking you to join with us in community actions across Australia calling on Kevin Rudd to make a commitment to Replace Hazelwood with clean energy by 2012...more
video: thursday, 3 june 2010
Replace Hazelwood billboard action
A whopping 40,000 people will pass this Replace Hazelwood billboard, the first of many, each day...more
video: wednesday, 2 june 2010
Honk for action on climate change
A new billboard on busy Hoddle Street calls on Melbourne commuters to get involved in a campaign to Replace Hazelwood with Clean Energy by 2012...more
release: tuesday, 25 MAY 2010
Calling all Hoddle St Traffic – Help create a clean energy future!
A new billboard being launched this morning calls on Melbourne commuters to get involved in a campaign to Replace Hazelwood...more
NEWS: saturday, 22 MAY 2010
Brown to green - at what cost?
Everybody wants the brown coal-fired Hazelwood power station shut now - the questions are how soon, how much will it cost and what precedent will it set...more
NEWS: thursday, 20 MAY 2010
Hazelwood to resist energy efficiency bid
The owner of the heavy-polluting Hazelwood power station will resist energy efficiency efforts because they could hit their bottom line...more
NEWS: TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Replacing Hazelwood - Letters to the editor
Have a read of these passionate letters to the editor regarding the push to Replace Hazelwood...more
NEWS: TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Clean Energy Projects Could Replace Hazelwood Power Station By 2013
Victoria has a diverse range of clean energy resources, which together could replace Hazelwood’s generation many times over...more
NEWS: monday, 17 MAY 2010
Push for Hazelwood power station to close early
A blueprint on closure and replacement of Australia's most polluting power station by the end of 2012 has found it could be achieved for $320 million a year...more
NEWS: monday, 17 MAY 2010
Call to shut coal-guzzling power station
Environment Victoria says the Hazelwood Power Station in the Latrobe Valley can be shut down within two years without compromising Victoria's electricity supply...more
release: monday, 17 MAY 2010
Replacing Australia’s dirtiest power station could fill climate policy vacuum, says report
A new report released today finds Hazelwood power station could be replaced as soon as the end of 2012...more
NEWS: sundAY, 16 MAY 2010
Bearding the dragon
A federal backflip on the environment gives Victoria a chance to lead on the biggest issue, Hazelwood power station...more
NEWS: tuesday, 11 MAY 2010
Door-knocking success with Hazelwood campaign
40 supporters of Climate Action Moreland have door-knocked and leafleted more than 2500 Brunswick homes...more
RELEASE: THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
Rudd climate backflip raises pressure to replace Hazelwood
Today hundreds of people gathered on the steps of Parliament House to urge Premier Brumby and Ted Baillieu to commit to replacing Hazelwood coal-fired power station with clean energy by 2012...more
video: THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
Replace Hazelwood Rally
Hundreds rallied outside Parliament House to call for the replacement of Australia’s dirtiest power station...more
photos: THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
Replace Hazelwood Rally
Hundreds rallied outside Parliament House to call for the replacement of Australia’s dirtiest power station...more
RELEASE: Tuesday, 4 MAY 2010
State Budget leaves unfinished business on environment ahead of election
The State Government’s Budget is modest on environment spending and leaves a lot of work to do on key green issues in the lead up to November’s election...more
video: sUNDAY, 2 MAY 2010
Replace Hazelwood - Demand Renewable Energy
Passionate volunteers are doorknocking their way around Melbourne, informing residents of the urgent need to Replace Hazelwood with Clean Energy...more
NEWS: TUESDAY, 23 MArch 2010
Brown coal emissions rise 10% in a decade
Greenhouse gas emissions from Victoria's brown-coal fired power stations increased nearly 10 per cent over the past decade...more
NEWS: TUESDAY, 23 MArch 2010
Victoria's electricity greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise
Victoria’s greenhouse emissions from electricity have increased by 10% over the 10 years to 2009 - a total of 6 million tonnes...more
release: TUESDAY, 23 MArch 2010
Little progress in cleaning up Victoria’s electricity sector over past decade
New analysis released today shows that little progress has been made over the past decade in reducing Victoria’s reliance on polluting coal-fired electricity...more
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Built in the 1960’s and was scheduled to close down in 2005 until its life was extended by the Bracks Government.
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