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The Climate Budget: The Critical Step for Climate Action in Vic
July 18, 2018
We have the solutions to climate change. Humanity has known for decades that the burning of fossil fuels releases greenhouse gas into the atmosphere which drives atmospheric warming and worsens events such as droughts,...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareVic Climate Solutions for the Grampians & Ballarat welcome, yet "planned approach" for climate investment needed
July 17, 2018
Friends of the Earth has welcomed the Andrews government's twin announcements of the Grampians New Energy Taskforce and funding for the Asia-Pacific Renewable Energy Centre at Federation Uni in Ballarat, yet the group has...
Read More Add your reaction ShareThe urgent need for a Victorian Climate Change Action Fund
July 16, 2018
With alarming melting of the polar icecaps underway, back-to-back bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef, and Australia seeing a longer and more intense bushfire season, we have no time to waste when it comes...
Read More Add your reaction ShareRally to oppose AGL gas import and Kawasaki projects in Western Port Bay
June 28, 2018
Two project proposals – the Crib Point AGL gas import project and the Kawasaki Hydrogen Energy Supply pilot – have raised community concerns over the environmental, social and economic risks to the values of...
Read More Add your reaction ShareA tale of two valleys
June 13, 2018
The isolation of regional voices & some visions for building resilience. By Zianna Fuad I often find politics becomes removed from it’s real-life repercussions. I often forget the way decisions ripple out over time,...
Read More Add your reaction SharePollie Watch: Govt, Opp, and Greens receive community statement on climate action as election nears
June 07, 2018
The Act on Climate collective and community members took the case for climate action to the Victorian Parliament on World Environment Day 2018—presenting the government, opposition, and the Greens with a community statement calling...
Read More Add your reaction ShareLabor coal announcement will undermine govt’s climate credentials
June 01, 2018
MEDIA RELEASE: 1 June 2018 Today’s announcement by the Andrews government that it will extend the licenses of the Latrobe Valley’s major power plants undermines its credentials on climate change and raises the potential that...
Read More Add your reaction ShareAndrews govt gas drilling plan undermines climate and energy credentials
May 17, 2018
MEDIA RELEASE 17 May 2018 The Andrews government has continued to undermine its climate credentials, and announced it will open up a large section of the Victorian coastline to gas exploration and, potentially, drilling....
Read More Add your reaction ShareDeputy Premier says Climate Change is Impacting Emergency Services
May 17, 2018
Deputy Premier and Emergency Services Minister James Merlino has told a parliamentary inquiry that climate change is putting an increasing strain on Victoria's emergency services such as firefighting. "Climate change is real and it's...
Read More Add your reaction ShareBulgana Green Power Hub demonstrates economic benefits of climate action: Will local Liberal MP support jobs & investment?
May 16, 2018
Friends of the Earth welcome the commencement of construction of the Bulgana Green Energy Hub near Stawell and say the project demonstrates the economic benefits of climate change solutions. But will the local Liberal...
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