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SAFE CLIMATESenate could block Abbott’s plan to scrap carbon tax - AFRLocation: See map: Google MapsLocationAustraliaSee map: Google Mapsread more
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Nominations for Environment Recognition Awards
Environmental Recognition AwardsAs part of our annual Environment Celebration on 23 October we'll be celebrating the achievements, courage and persistence of community groups and leaders across the...
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Garage Sale Trail!
Garage Sale Trail! Welcome to Carlton and Parkville Community Garage Sale stall registration.Hold your own Garage Sale stall at this super site in Carlton. Set up your stuff from 9am and the activities...
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Fighting for breath in a flood of plastic
According to our friends at Earth Day Network, over 300 million tonnes of plastic are produced each year for bags, bottles and nearly every other consumer commodity you can conceive. Do you guess...
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The biggest rally that Melbourne has seen in over five years
Well, it’s a couple of days after the big event, and I’m still buzzing! Environment Victoria teamed up with local and national groups to pull off the biggest rally that Melbourne has seen in more than...
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Why I became a climate campaigner
This isn’t where I expected to end up. It hadn’t been part of my plan to become a campaigner for climate action. Back when I was a young undergraduate uni student, I had figured my future lay in...
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Cash for Cans, of course we can
Coca Cola and their allies are working hard to block a cash for containers scheme for Australia that has huge support in the community. Cash for containers, or the container deposit scheme (CDS),...
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More 'clean coal' projects bite the dust
In early January, we learned that two coal projects are out of the running for $90m of State and Federal government funding under the ‘Advanced Lignite Demonstration Program’.Is this a Green Action...
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The top five climate challenges for Australia
It has been a busy time for those at the, ahem, coal face of action on climate change. Backward steps being taken at almost every turn. While dealing with spot-fires, it can be hard to keep one's eyes...
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Yellow dust - a fact of life in East Asia
South Korea is a magical place with magnificent cuisine, kind people and a fascinating history. But when you arrive, you're a fish out of water. The profound social, cultural and linguistic differences...
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Put your money where your mouth is
Last month Desmond Tutu called for an anti-apartheid-style boycott of the fossil fuel industry: urging “people of conscience…to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate...
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How the Victorian Government can save $2.5 billion, create 6,700 jobs and...
After a long, hot and dry summer, the autumn rains have finally arrived and winter is coming.Whether the rain on the roof and chilly mornings fills you with dread or conjures up images of cosy comfort...
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Update from the Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry at Morwell
In the third week of the Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry, the focus of the Board has now turned to ways of reducing the risk of fire at Hazelwood. As we made clear in our submission, covering exposed coal...
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Update from the Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry at Morwell Day 2
Today’s proceedings at the Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry were dominated by detailed discussion on the intricacies of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the role of the Victorian WorkCover...
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Update from the Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry at Morwell Day 3
The second last day of hearings at the Hazelwood inquiry featured some very interesting witnesses, had a bit of a history lesson about the various phases of the Hazelwood mine, including how the...
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Commonwealth Water Act under review
The Commonwealth Water Act, which came into operation in 2008, is ground-breaking environmental legislation. For the first time it put environmental protection at the centre of water management in the...
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River health or government wealth?
Victoria’s rivers are in trouble. We are taking too much water out, letting too much pollution in and degrading our riverbanks by allowing livestock unrestricted access.These problems are well...
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Plastic-free July
Q. Would you guess plastic production is increasing or slowing down? A. Correct! There was more plastic produced in the last 10 years than in the entire 20th century.According to our friends at Earth...
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Victorian govt failing workers in traditional and emerging industries
Is this a Green Action blog?: NULL LocationAustraliaSee map: Google MapsSummary: State and Federal government economic development policies have failed workers at Alcoa and Energy Brix as well as...
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Living on borrowed time
Today, August 19, is Earth Overshoot Day. That means that in just eight months, the Earth’s 7 billion inhabitants have used up a year’s worth of the Earth’s resources.For the remaining four months of...
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