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Hepburn Wind is becoming a tourist destination for communities who are embarking on their own renewable energy projects.

Environment group Friends of the Earth welcomes the new integrated Energy, Environment and Climate Change portfolio emerging out of a reshuffle of the Victorian cabinet today.   "Lily D'Ambrosio has worked hard in energy and resources. We...

When they were in power, the Victorian Coalition gutted the Climate Change Act. Victoria has been without effective climate laws or policies for five years. In that time, the global climate crisis has worsened,...

Public forum, Tuesday May 24 Australia is once again talking nuclear waste, both on a national and international level - and targeting South Australia. This is an issue that concerns all Australians but particularly...

Worried about the risks that onshore gas mining poses to Victoria's water, food, health and jobs in agriculture & tourism? Declare your pledge - to Premier Daniel Andrews - letting him know you will...

Gasfield Free groups across the state are anticipating the announcement by the Andrews Labor government in regards to onshore gas. During the past year it has been made perfectly clear that communities will only...

The Earth Resources Department of the Victorian government are currently reviewing their 'Stakeholder Engagement Strategy". The strategy outlines how they will improve engagement with us in relation to resources extraction projects, including coal, gas...

GetUp! and SolarCitizens’ Homegrown Power Plan has been making headlines around Australia since its release in April. Which is no surprise considering one of its main findings that Australia will save money by shifting to 100 percent renewable energy...

National Parks are protected right? They are the last remaining vestiges of land in Australia that are no longer cut down, hunted in or dug up. Think again. As we speak, there are large...

Environment group Friends of the Earth have called on the Andrews government to set ambitious Victorian Renewable Energy Targets as the ACT government announces a ramped up target of 100 percent renewable by 2020....