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coal seam gas operations in Victoria?
February 20, 2014
FoE is working to halt all new on-shore fossil fuel projects in the state - including new coal, CSG, Tight and Shale gas. In 2012 we have broadened our work to also have a...
Read More Add your reaction ShareClimbers Camp Out: Day 2 at Yallourn Power Station
February 20, 2014
Two Quit Coal activists have camped out overnight after scaling a cooling tower at Yallourn Power Station in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.
Read More Add your reaction ShareGovernment walks away from coal closure promise
February 20, 2014
The Federal Energy Minister Martin Ferguson has announced that the Government is walking away from its promise to shut down some of our dirtiest, oldest coal power stations. Hazelwood, long a target of campaigners...
Read More Add your reaction ShareHRL project loses federal funding
February 20, 2014
HRL wanted to build the first new coal fired power station in Victoria in almost 20 years. Martin Ferguson, the Federal Minister for Energy and Resources, has announced that the government would be scrapping...
Read More Add your reaction ShareOpen cut coal mine for Mirboo North?
February 20, 2014
There is currently a proposal from Mantle Mining for an exploration permit to look for coal over the township of Mirboo North in Gippsland. After an enormous turn out at the community meeting on...
Read More Add your reaction ShareNew coal production nothing more than old policy
February 20, 2014
One of Victoria’s worst kept secrets over the past year has been the intention of the State Government to expand the state’s involvement in the coal industry. A draft cabinet submission shows that the...
Read More Add your reaction ShareHelp head off a threat from coal and CSG operations in Victoria
February 20, 2014
Mecrus Resources has lodged applications for Exploration Permits for districts in south-western Victoria. The company lists mineral sands, brown and black and coal bed methane (also called CSG), gold, silver, platinum and other minerals...
Read More Add your reaction ShareVictoria's Climate Change Bill - where to under the Coalition?
February 20, 2014
On Friday July 1, the Victorian Climate Change Bill comes into force. Amongst a range of measures, it commits Victoria to a 20% reduction in greenhouse emissions by 2020.
Read More Add your reaction ShareEPA approves HRL coal-fired power station
February 20, 2014
Community action group Stop HRL and Friends of the Earth have reacted angrily today to the Environment Protection Authority's decision to approve the staged construction of a new coal-fired power station for the La...
Read More Add your reaction ShareVictorian government must remove cattle from the Alpine Park
February 20, 2014
Friends of the Earth joins with other environmental groups in welcoming federal environment minister Tony Burke's decision to demand that the Victorian Government refer its trial of cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park...
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