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Pollie Watch: Vic Energy Minister breaks silence on energy issues
Victoria’s new Energy Minister, Nicholas Kotsiras, has broken his silence on the energy challenges facing the state. Weekly Times reporter Cimara Pearce spoke with Minister Kotsiras about the core energy issues facing Victoria–the moratorium on coal-seam gas (CSG) and onerous wind farm planning guidelines–as well as the criticism he lacks the necessary experience and background to be […]
A job worth keeping
May 10, 2013
Published by VicWind. View the original article. JASON “Grub” Bannam loves his job. Working as a welder on massive wind towers has taught the former postie many things, and he enjoys the camaraderie of his workplace, too. But he worries that his job may go the way that others at his company have, with uncertainty […]
10 reasons why Napthine should bin Victoria’s wind laws
May 9, 2013
Those following the Yes 2 Renewables campaign known that we’ve long called for Ted Baillieu’s anti-wind farm laws to be dumped. They’re costing Victoria jobs, investment, and crucial renewable energy capacity. We’re not alone. Representing the perspective of our nascent renewable energy sector, Phil Burn of WestWind Energy believes there a 10 reasons why the Premier should […]
Vic Dept of Health gives wind farms a clean bill of health
May 9, 2013
Published by VicWind. View the original article. A new Victorian Department of Health review gives wind farms the tick of approval when it comes to public health. The Department of Health review investigated the potential for infrasound to adversely affect human health. The review supports the findings of existing studies, yet peer-reviewed evidence dismissing such […]
Daring Banner Drop Highlights Napthine’s Backward Stance on Climate Change, Energy
May 6, 2013
This morning, environmental group Quit Coal have unveiled a giant banner from the top of Flinders Street Station, calling on Premier Napthine to ‘get off the coal train and get on track for renewables’. Victoria’s new Premier, Denis Napthine, has inherited Baillieu’s regressive policies designed to prop up an unviable brown coal export industry and […]
Wind energy = Jobs & Investment in Southwest Victoria
May 1, 2013
Yesterday, Yes 2 Renewables joined a powerful alliance of groups to send Premier Denis Napthine a message on wind energy. Groups representing wind workers and community members hand delivered a joint statement to the Premier’s electorate office in Warrnambool. The joint statement called for Dr Napthine to rewrite anti-wind farm planning laws and unlock jobs in southwest […]
Pro-wind energy groups call for Premier to rewrite wind farm laws, unlock jobs
April 30, 2013
Just three weeks after Premier Napthine opened the Macarthur wind farm, a coalition of southwest Victorian and supporting groups have released a joint statement calling on the Premier to rewrite anti-wind farm planning laws and unlock jobs in southwest Victoria. The joint statement will be hand delivered to staff at Premier Napthine’s electorate office this […]
King Island wind farm proposal: a case study in community engagement
April 26, 2013
A wind farm proposal for King Island has emerged as a case study in community engagement. The wind farm proponent, TasWind, are seeking the support of the community from the earliest stages of the project. The public-owned energy company is giving the community the power to decide whether a two-year feasibility study is conducted. TasWind is […]
Independent Australia: Anti-wind farm lobby claims break all laws of physics
April 24, 2013
Published by Independent Australia. View the original article. By Stephen Luntz. ONE OF the first questions science writers get asked is: what is your favourite field to write about? I usually say behavioural zoology, but I am at heart a physicist. I retain some elements of the view that produced such arrogant statement’s as Rutherford‘s claim […]
Green jobs push in the Latrobe Valley
April 23, 2013
It goes without saying that Australia’s transition from polluting fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy sources will reshape the economy. Local towns on the frontline of fossil fuel extraction and power generation will undergo dramatic changes. In Victoria, towns in Latrobe Valley are starting to adapt to a future without the coal industry. While some […]
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