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Imagine a Victoria where the air we breathe is clean and fresh. Where the energy that fuels our lives comes from steady winds and warm sunshine. Transportation for everyone is fast, efficient, and clean. Highly efficient buildings keep emissions incredibly low. Where oxygen-producing vegetation is thick, abundant and sustainable. And our state sets the emissions standard for the rest of the country … and the rest of the world.

Now imagine yourself getting involved in one of the many ongoing campaigns and programs designed to reduce Victoria's greenhouse gas emissions and restore our climate by the year 2020. 


The Basics

Each year, our state releases more than 120 million tonnes of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, which makes Victoria one of the planet’s worst polluters per capita. Sweden has double the population, and half the greenhouse pollution of Victoria.

Nearly half of our total pollution comes from four coal-fired power stations which together emit 58 million tonnes per year.

Over 95 percent of Victoria's electricity currently comes from burning brown coal, which is one of the most polluting ways of generating electricity.

Victoria is Australia's car manufacturing hub. But we still don't have pollution limits for new cars as other states and countries around the world do.

Our solar water heating industry generates $78 million in sales annually and supports 700 jobs, yet only five percent of our households currently use solar water heating.

Victoria currently is home to Australia's only wind manufacturing with a factory in Portland which employs 430 people and supplies towers for wind farms around the country and the world. 

But Victorian state laws obstructing windfarm developments prevent us from really taking advantage of this local green manufacturing hub.

Environment Victoria has commissioned research which shows that Victoria could more than halve its greenhouse pollution by 2020.

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  • Campaigns & Programs

  • Paid to pollute

    Fossil fuel subsidies are one of the biggest roadblocks on the road to a safer climate. If we want to stop climate change we've got to stop funding it. Right now.

    Coal allocation

    The Victorian Government wants to allocate billions of tonnes of brown coal in the Latrobe Valley to a handful of companies. It's a bad idea. Here's why...

    One Million Homes

    A new report by the One Million Homes Alliance, “2.5 billion reasons to invest in efficiency”, shows that retrofitting one million Victorians’ homes would save $2.5 billion...

    Australia’s price on pollution

    On 1 July Australia finally put a price on carbon. Congratulations to the millions of Victorians who’ve stood up for action on climate change...

    Replace Hazelwood

    Today the federal government walked away from negotiations to replace our dirtiest power stations like Hazelwood...

    EnviroWatch

    A rolling report-card on the Baillieu Government’s environmental performance...

    CoalWatch

    Coal Watch is an interactive resource for all Victorians who want to know how their resources are being resourced...

    No New Coal Power for Victoria

    HRL’s new coal-powered station will keep us in the technological dark ages...

    Green Jobs

    A prosperous economy and a safe environment. Green jobs are just good business...

    Smarter Transport

    We're travelling towards a safer climate future with our smart transport campaign...

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