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Combet cool on Hazelwood closure

takver — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:59:47 +0000

Hundreds of activists travelled to the Hazelwood brown coal fired power station, 180 km east of Melbourne, for the 101010 global work party on Sunday.

Environmental groups in Victoria are behind a campaign to replace the aging Hazelwood power station with renewable energy. Premier John Brumby wants to close the power station down in stages and wants Federal Government financial assistance in doing so. But the new Federal climate change minister Greg Combet is decidedly cool on the idea.

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Brumby acts to neutralise climate change issue for Victorian election

takver — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:25:36 +0000

The Victorian parliament tackled climate change on Friday with a climate bill passed in the Legislative Council with support of Liberals and Greens members to set a 20 percent emissions reduction based upon 2000 levels by 2020. "This is a significant Bill which has the potential to stabilise and then drive down our greenhouse emissions, while also creating certainty for investors and industry, and many new jobs across the state," said Friends of the Earth (FoE) campaigns co-ordinator Cam Walker.

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Brumby climate promises only look good next to federal government failure

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:31:11 +0000

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Ban duck shooting! The 'Duck Army' mobilizes at Parliament House, 14 March 2010

peter — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:14:39 +0000

With the start of the new duck killing season only a week away, opponents of the slaughter of native birds in the name of sport lined the steps of Parliament House on Sunday to condemn the Brumby Government’s decision not only to allow the season to go ahead, but even to increase the allowed catch – this in spite of overwhelming opposition from within the community and the ALP itself, not to mention the near-catastophic drop in bird populations after years of drought.

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'Rebranding' a pollie - correcting the Brumby Government's image. Climate action 3 February

peter — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:29:49 +0000

Climate activist groups Beyond Zero Emissions and YCAN (Yarra Climate Action Now! are planning to hold weekly ‘rebranding’ sessions outside the office of Labor State Minister Richard Wynne all the way up to the election in November – “or until the Brumby Government implements some decent climate crisis policies!” Six similar actions were held last year, and this was the first of 2010.

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No to brown coal exports - Environmental groups protest at Parliament House

peter — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:23:03 +0000

Environmental groups staged a snap protest at Parliament House today, Thursday October 22, in response to moves by Energy Minister Peter Batchelor to compound the disastrous impact of Victoria's brown coal industry by exporting millions of tonnes of the stuff to India and other developing nations ...

FOE: Community tells Premier: world does not need our dirty coal | Video of Protest |

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