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No need for Alcoa coal power plant
February 20, 2014
Environment group Friends of the Earth say there’s no need for Alcoa to be granted a license to generate electricity at their Anglesea coal power plant. Rather, the plant that came online in the...
Read More Add your reaction Sharea new coal mine in South Gippsland?
February 20, 2014
Gelliondale Resources, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ignite Energy Resources Limited, is currently applying for a Retention Licence to facilitate the the development of the Gelliondale Coal Project. The proposed area for the Retention Licence...
Read More Add your reaction ShareNo Coal Exports 2013
February 20, 2014
Environment Victoria, along with FoE, Quit Coal and other community groups are holding a ‘No Coal Allocations, No Coal Exports’ rally on the 10th of December, from 1pm on the steps of Parliament House,...
Read More Add your reaction ShareFire & the Story of Burning Country
February 20, 2014
A new book by Peter McConchie. The catalyst for this book was the devastating Victorian bushfires of Black Saturday February 2009. The author, Peter McConchie was contacted soon after by Cape York Elders firstly...
Read More Add your reaction ShareStand with BEAM and support wind energy!
February 20, 2014
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has just approved the Cherry Tree Range wind farm proposed for Trawool in Central Victoria. The project’s approval would not have been possible without a supportive community. The...
Read More Add your reaction ShareNational Park logging canned - now to stop 'ecological thinning'
February 20, 2014
The New South Wales Government has rejected the recommendations of an Upper House enquiry that called for logging in National Parks. However, their response leaves the door open for 'scientific' trials that could still see commercial...
Read More Add your reaction ShareLittle Red Toolangi Treehouse shines light on plight of Leadbeater’s Possum
February 20, 2014
Tomorrow at 12 noon Hannah Patchett will formally launch her time dwelling in Toolangi’s treetops. The Little Red Toolangi Treehouse has been built 50 metres up into the canopy of an area of forest...
Read More Add your reaction Sharewhat's happening with Gas exploration in western Victoria?
February 20, 2014
While concerns about coal seam gas (CSG) drives a lot of debate about unconventional gas operations, Tight Gas will come into stronger focus if the current moratorium on the process of fracking is lifted.
Read More Add your reaction ShareMassive Koala Petition Handed to Victorian Government
February 20, 2014
A petition signed by over 83,000 people asking the Victorian Government to do more to protect koalas has been delivered to the Government. The petition, organised by the German environmental group Rainforest Rescue, was...
Read More Add your reaction ShareEnergy Futures Forum
February 20, 2014
Guest speakers from around Victoria will talk about future energy options including solar and wind power, how to reduce energy use, your household bills and the risks associated if we don’t move to a...
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