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 Likewise, coal is an outdated technology that belongs in the olden days.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.
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New analysis shows that little progress has been made over the past decade in reducing Victoria’s reliance on polluting coal-fired electricity. Get the dirt here and check out our release
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
Using freedom of information, we managed to the get this report by Firecone released. It shows that the government's own consultants advised them against further coal handouts. Near Zero Emissions from Latrobe Valley Brown Coal, Final Report
Outrage at deal to export 20 million tonnes of Victoria’s brown coal. Urgent call for Gillard to take control on climate policy.
Friday, 25 June 2010
Environment groups have expressed anger at a deal by coal company ‘Environmental Clean Technologies’ (ECT) to...
moreA Dirty Business
Four Corners, Andrew Fowler
Monday, 12 April 2010
Australia might be riding on the coal miner's back but it seems many Australians are paying a terrible price for the mineral export boom. Reporter Andrew Fowler goes to the Hunter Valley in New South...
moreBrown coal emissions rise 10% in a decade
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Adam Morton, The Age
Greenhouse gas emissions from Victoria's brown-coal fired power stations increased nearly 10 per cent over the past decade despite government programs designed to promote renewable...
moreVictoria's Electricity Greenhouse Gas Emissions Continue To Rise
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Energy Matters
A study prepared by Green Energy Markets Pty Ltd for Environment Victoria has found Victoria’s greenhouse emissions from electricity have increased by 10% over the...
moreFuel cells a tough sell in a coal-fired economy
Saturday, 13 March 2010
Adam Morton, The Age
If you are flicking on a light switch in Melbourne today, there is a 96 per cent chance you are buying electricity generated more than 100 kilometres away, beneath a Latrobe...
moreA 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...
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Gillards first climate test could be a failure
How about she step up and take control of climate policy
This morning we awoke to the bad news that the federal government was supporting a deal by company ‘Environmental Clean Technologies’ to export up to 20 million tonnes of a href="http://www....
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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? |
- Near Zero Emissions from Latrobe Valley Brown Coal, Final Report |
- The case against a further coal allocation |
- The Quick Guide to our Community Climate Action Plan |
- Victoria’s Energy Mix 2000 ‐ 2009 |
- 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 |
