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Helping Victorian homes tackle climate change, energy & water bills
February 12, 2014
The One Million Homes Alliance is calling on the Victorian Government to enable more Victorians to tackle climate change and riing energy and water bills by upgrading the water and energy efficiency of one...
Read More Add your reaction ShareFull phase-out of Hazelwood required for rapid transition from coal
February 12, 2014
National environmental organisation Friends of the Earth has welcomed the revelation that the state government is considering closing one quarter of the capacity of the Hazelwood power station, the developed world's dirtiest coal fired...
Read More Add your reaction Shareheritage bushland property to be bulldozed for Peninsula freeway
February 12, 2014
Joyce and Simon Welsh, owners of the historic Westerfield property on Robinsons Road in the Green Wedge south of Frankston have been notified that clearing will begin on Monday 5 July on the 2.656...
Read More Add your reaction ShareKelvin Thomson backs closure of Hazelwood - who's next?
February 12, 2014
Kelvin Thomson, the member for the federal electorate of Wills, has endorsed the campaign by the Victorian climate change movement for the closure of the ageing and dirty Hazelwood coal fired power station. It...
Read More Add your reaction Share'Energy Future' paper sets the scene. Climate White Paper must drive transition from coal.
February 12, 2014
Friends of the Earth has welcomed today's release of 'Victoria's Energy Future' by the Minister for Energy Peter Batchelor. We acknowledge the fact that the Brumby government is taking such a proactive approach to...
Read More Add your reaction ShareGreen jobs package welcomed
February 12, 2014
Friends of the Earth has welcomed today's release of the Victorian government's 'Jobs for the Future Economy' package. “Today's announcement shows both vision and leadership – Victoria is now in front of other Australian...
Read More Add your reaction ShareMorwell hears how we can make the switch
February 07, 2014
Clean Energy or Coal? Is the question being posed to residents of Victoria and the Brumby Government at a public meeting in Morwell on the evening of Wednesday, Sept 9, 2009.
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