No New Coal Power for Victoria
UPDATE: Kelvin Thomson MP has tabled our HRL MOSTER petition in Parliament House, Canberra. Catch all the action
LEGAL UPDATE: We’re back in VCAT for the final week on legal proceedings. It's gonna be good! Read about it
For a bit of background, see how the campaign has evolved right here
THE PROBLEM
A proposed new coal-fired power station called HRL has recently been approved by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) in Victoria. If it goes ahead it will be the first coal-fired power station to be built in Victoria for 20 years. It will increase our carbon pollution by millions of tonnes every year and lock us into polluting and out-of-date technology for decades to come. Australia needs to move to genuinely clean, renewable energy quick smart, or we risk getting left behind.
Now, more than ever we need your help. Please, help us stop this new polluting beast from going ahead and put Victoria on track for a clean, renewable energy future instead. We can’t do it without you.
THE SOLUTION
In 2010, 4,000 people objected to the EPA regarding the HRL proposal – the most objections that the EPA has ever received on any issue - so we know that the community cares about this issue. But we know it’s going to take more than that super effort to stop this polluting beast from going ahead. We’ve got a two-pronged strategy that we’re confident can stop this polluting power station in it’s tracks:
WE'RE GOING TO COURT
If we win, no new polluting coal-fired power stations would ever be built in Victoria again – a lasting legacy for our environment. More info here
WE'RE TAKING IT TO THE FEDS
We're calling on the federal government to withdraw their finacial support for HRL. Here's eight good reasons why. But there's still plenty to do! Take action
All we’re missing now, is you. Can you get involved in our campaign to stop this new coal-fired power station in Victoria? Please, say you’ll help today
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Federal Govt accused of hypocrisy over power stations
Friday, 10 February 2012
Gus Goswell, PM
MARK COLVIN: Environmentalists are accusing the Federal Government of hypocrisy because of its decision to keep money on the table for a href...
moreIndustry call to scrap state pollution target
Sunday, 12 February 2012
Farrah Tomazin, The Age
Businesses including embattled aluminium giant Alcoa are pushing Ted Baillieu to scrap Victoria's pollution reduction target, saying it could undermine the...
moreFerguson grants extension for contentious power plant project
Friday, 10 February 2012
Katharine Murphy, National Times
Resources Minister Martin Ferguson will this morning throw a lifeline to aa href="http://www.environmentvictoria.org.au/no-new-...
moreHazelwood produces 'record' amount of energy
Thursday, 9 February 2012
ABC News
The Hazelwood Power Station in the Latrobe Valley produced a record amount of energy last year.
In...
moreUncertainty over future of HRL plant
Friday, 20 January 2012
Gus Goswell, ABC News
There is uncertainty over the Federal Government's commitment to a new power station planned for the...
moreScientists reject plan to save Murray-Darling
Thursday, 19 January 2011
Tom Arup, The Age
A group of Australia's leading scientists have rejected the proposed plan to save the Murray-Darling, saying basic information needed to have confidence it will...
moreAssessment ongoing
Monday, 9 January 2012
Latrobe Valley Express
Funding for a proposed demonstration power plant near Morwell is currently under assessment by the Federal Government, after a deadline for project milestones passed on New Year's eve.
...moreSandridge beach given thumbs down today
Friday, 30 December 2011
Tom Arup, The Age
Sandridge beach at Port Melbourne will be declared off limits for swimming today after the Environment Protection Authority forecast its water quality to be ''unacceptable...
moreWishing you a very conscious Christmas
Sunday, 11 December 2011
Michael Green, Domain, The Age
What would the festive season be like without the bells and whistles?
One way of preparing for Christmas involves buying new things - a lot of new things...
moreRiver health
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Shepparton News
The Goulburn River provides more water for use in Victoria than any other river except the mighty Murray itself.
Victorian Water Accounts figures from 2009/10 show 974 billion litres...
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And we’re back
Legal action to Stop HRL resumes
I’m writing this morning from inside one of the many hearing rooms at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). We’re back in VCAT after an almost three month adjournment in our legal challenge against the EPA...
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How to have a great green barbie
And eat it too
Nothing says Summer like the smell of a sizzling barbie and the sounds of a coldie being opened, friends and family cackling away and 6’s being hit over the fence. This fun-loving Aussie pastime is a little slice of heaven, and it’s something...
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Congratulations
On another massive year
Regardless of what happens over coming years, 2011 will go down as a major turning point in Australia’s action on climate change.
At a community, policy and political level the campaigns and outcomes delivered this year will have a...
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Premier flipflops on climate change (again)
Has the Baillieu Government changed its tune on climate action or is its support for Melbourne as the home of the new Climate Change Authority blatant opportunism?
I’m wondering if I’ve woken up in some kind of alternative universe or has the Premier really...
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Our legal challenge has been delayed
But in the meantime we've got a challenge for you
Our legal challenge against the proposed new coal-fired power station HRL has been unexpectedly adjourned until next year due to unforeseen health issues of the tribunal Chairman.
Final evidence has been...
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