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Mandating the use of fossil fuels for energy production seems to deeply contradict the ideals that many Victorian communities hold. Limiting the potential of clean energy production seems to be a world first as...

Renewable energy is a mainstream issue as the Victorian election campaign officially begins. The writs have been signed and the state is now in caretaker mode.

The Victorian Planning Minister Matthew Guy has today recommended that one massive mine be knocked back while supporting another. Friends of the Earth welcomes the Minister’s recommendation not to approve the Stawell open cut...

Premier Denis Napthine.

Liberal candidate for the hotly-contested seat of Macedon, Donna Petrovich, has shifted her position on wind energy as a result of a community campaign. The move could signal a shift on wind energy policy from...

The 400-strong People’s Climate March in Kyneton, 21 September.

The discrediting of wind technology can come in all shapes and forms. From the treasurer, the PM and various conservative think tanks we often see a spin relating to the appearance productivity and overall safety...

Macedon Ranges residents ‘ride for renewables’, visit the site of what could be Victoria’s next community wind farm.

A research report released today by environment group Friends of the Earth shows that the financial cost to governments and the community in Victoria from natural disasters was $19.937 billion dollars over a ten...

The Castlemaine Show this year (31 October-1 November) will have two very special stalls of interest to farmers, with displays on renewable energy and soil improvement.