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Coalition divided while Australians are united in support for renewable energy
February 20, 2014
People representing the 73 percent of Australians who support the Renewable Energy Target and 76 percent who support more wind energy, will rally at Garema Place in Canberra, midday today. They will call on...
Read More Add your reaction SharePro-wind energy coalition call for Premier to rewrite wind farm laws, unlock jobs in southwest Victoria
February 20, 2014
Just three weeks after Premier Napthine opened the Macarthur wind farm, a coalition of southwest Victorian and supporting groups have released a joint statement calling on the Premier to rewrite anti-wind farm planning laws...
Read More Add your reaction Share2013 – time to stop the onshore coal and gas industry in Victoria
February 20, 2014
In 2012, community concern about the threat of new coal and gas operations, especially coal seam gas (CSG), pushed the state government to ban the use of dangerous BTEX chemicals and place a moratorium...
Read More Add your reaction ShareRural and urban Alliance calls on State Government to ban new fossil fuel projects
February 20, 2014
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...
Read More Add your reaction ShareWhat energy future do you want?
February 20, 2014
Victorians must decide what type of energy future we want: · more dirty, coal fired power and the threat of coal exports, or · more renewables like wind, solar, wave energy and geothermal Ted...
Read More Add your reaction Share'Gippsland is precious' film launch
February 20, 2014
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...
Read More Add your reaction ShareVictoria’s Fuel reduction burning program
February 20, 2014
Following the Royal Commission into the Black Saturday bushfires, the targets for controlled burning have been increased, and subject to considerable criticism by many environmentalists. Because of the way community fear of fire risk...
Read More Add your reaction Sharebio-fuels: the new threat to native forests
February 20, 2014
It’s the next wave of destruction for our native forests. The forestry and energy industries are now poised to unleash their plans to feed our forests into furnaces to produce electricity, convert them into...
Read More Add your reaction ShareEarth Resources Ministerial Advisory Council
February 20, 2014
A new Ministerial advisory council on ‘earth resources’ has been announced to address the sustainable development of the resources sector. Given that membership of this group is overwhelmingly biased towards the industry, and given...
Read More Add your reaction ShareCommunity shows support for wind power
February 20, 2014
Portland showed its support for the wind energy industry at today’s regional launch of the Victorian Wind Alliance at the Keppel Prince wind tower manufacturing facility.
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