Coal is for Dinosaurs
The Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of stones. It ended when better technology came around. Likewise, coal is an outdated technology that belongs in the olden days.
Burning coal for electricity is the single biggest generator of greenhouse emissions in Victoria.
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But instead of moving with the times, and phasing out this old technology, our leaders are continuing with business-as-usual and propping up these carbon dinosaurs.
We'll be working to prevent any more coal-fired power stations being built. And we'll be working transition to a clean, green energy future. You can help us put coal behind us, where it belongs.
Our campaign is picking up steam. First cab off the rank - Hazelwood Power Station. Check out our plan to close Hazelwood power station by 2012, and replace it with cleaner energy.
Following revelations that the Energy Minister is advocating for a new coal export industry for Victoria, we thought it best to protest on the steps of Parliament. Check out our pics here
Check out our letter to Premier Brumby
WATCH: The HUNGRY BEAST's review of the Australia Coal Association's new Advert
The case against further coal allocation
Near Zero Emissions from Latrobe Valley Brown Coal, Final Report
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...
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...
moreAlcoa ties its future to polluting coal generation
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Environment Victoria has today condemned Alcoa’s decision to source its electricity from Loy Yang Power’s brown coal power station for the next 26 years.
Environment Victoria Campaigns...
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...
moreBrumby cans coal projects
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Royce Millar and Adam Morton, The Age
THE Brumby Government has shelved its controversial plans to allow the mining and export of Victorian brown coal to India, amid fears of a voter backlash./p...
moreCoal decision a reprieve for the climate
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Environment Victoria today welcomed Minister Batchelor’s announcement that coal company Exergen would not receive an immediate allocation of brown coal for export, but called on the Brumby Government to...
moreInvestigation urged on blackout threat
Wednesday 11 November, 2009
Environment groups have asked the national energy watchdog to investigate claims by TRUenergy that suggest the company may be about to default on electricity supply contracts.
Over the past year TRUenergy...
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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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Fighting the good fight against coal
Cracks appear in coal industry’s expansion plans
Well it’s been a pretty crazy past three weeks on the climate campaign trail. While globally climate negotiations in the lead up to the Copenhagen climate meeting in December are struggling, in Victoria we have...
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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.
When we meet with them, we make sure they hear what’s...
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- Improving the Renewable Energy Target |
- Plan B: An Agenda For Immediate Climate Action |
- Powering a desalination plant: clean energy or more coal? |
- The Quick Guide to our Community Climate Action Plan |
- Coal projects a dangerous distraction |
- Federal Renewable Energy Target becomes law |
- Environment Victoria's response to the Brumby Government's plans for a new solar power station |
- Coal power station rebrand last gasp of polluting project |
- Coal export plans should be rejected |
- Community tells Premier: world does not need our dirty coal |
