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Most of Gippsland’s farmland is under exploration for coal, Coal seam gas (CSG), Tight or Shale gas. The Energy Minister Nick Kotsiras has the power to declare any land off limits to coal and...

Canadian gold miner Crocodile Gold is pressing ahead with the development of the Big Hill open pit project at Stawell in western Victoria. The company has started the process of getting approval from the...

An alliance of 59 groups has called on the Victorian government to ban all new on-shore coal and un-conventional gas operations until there has been a thorough investigation into the likely impacts of this...

The Old Drouin Butter Factory Theatre is set to host the Gippsland premiere of a new independent documentary called C, which looks at the impacts of controversial coal seam gas mining. Drouin launch: May...

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...

Two Quit Coal activists have camped out overnight after scaling a cooling tower at Yallourn Power Station in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.

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...

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...

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...

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...