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Coal power plant owner sooks about climate & energy policy
August 05, 2019
The owner of Australia's dirtiest power plant, EnergyAustralia, has taken to the Murdoch press to sook about state climate and energy policy. The company is claiming that its power plant in Yallourn might close...
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August 01, 2019
The countdown to climate action continues. The Andrews government has less than eight months to set the state’s first interim Emissions Reduction Targets.With climate deniers in the Federal Coalition and Murdoch media stalling climate...
Read More Add your reaction ShareParliamentary Inquiry into Community Climate Action
July 16, 2019
The Victorian Parliament’s Environment & Planning Committee has announced an inquiry into community climate action. It will investigate what urban, regional, and rural communities are doing to tackle the climate crisis and how the...
Read More Add your reaction ShareHave your say on Victoria's Emissions Reduction Targets
July 12, 2019
We are facing a climate crisis... Australia's emissions are rising due to the Federal Coalition's failure to act on climate. And this failure leaves Victorian communities exposed to intensifying impacts such as heatwaves, droughts, bushfires,...
Read More Add your reaction ShareAct on Climate update: Ramping up at the state level
July 01, 2019
The countdown to climate action continues. The Andrews government has less than nine months to set an Emissions Reduction Target for 2025. The Federal Coalition has finally caught on to the process occurring in Victoria and...
Read More Add your reaction ShareAct Now for Climate Ambition!
June 28, 2019
Time is short... The Andrews government has kicked off decision making on Victoria's Emissions Reduction Target for 2025 and we have until 22 July to demonstrate strong community support for it to be bold and ambitious.Will...
Read More Add your reaction ShareThe Australian Industry Group reveals its true colours on climate with Adani gloat
June 14, 2019
The Australian Industry Group has revealed its true colours on climate, raising serious doubts about whether it has a genuine interest in cutting emissions in Victoria—or any other jurisdiction for that matter.In a press...
Read More Add your reaction ShareTen Reasons to Fight for Ambitious Emissions Reduction Targets
June 13, 2019
The findings of the ‘Combet report’—the independent advice to the Andrews government on emissions cuts—have been tabled in Parliament. The report has kicked off the decision-making process about Victoria's first interim Emissions Reduction Targets....
Read More Add your reaction ShareResponse to the Combet Report: Time to Ramp Up Ambition on Climate
June 11, 2019
Where were we on Thursday 6 June when the advice given to the Andrews government on emissions cuts was tabled in Parliament? In Inverloch were they’ve lost 40m of beach from rising seas and intensifying...
Read More Add your reaction ShareAndrews govt emissions cuts must limit warming to 1.5°C to protect Victorian communities from climate impacts
June 06, 2019
MEDIA RELEASE: 6 June 2019Andrews govt emissions cuts must limit warming to 1.5°C to protect Victorian communities from climate impactsFriends of the Earth says emissions cuts to limit global warming to 1.5°C will be...
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