by Jem Wilson | Sep 17, 2023 | Climate, Safe climate future
Two landmark Living Wonders climate cases begin in Melbourne today, with Australia’s Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and two coal mining companies being taken to the Federal Court over their failure to protect Australia’s living wonders from climate harm. The...
by Jem Wilson | Sep 6, 2023 | Coal pollution, Communities
In a win for community and environment groups, criminal proceedings have been launched against the owner of Vales Point Power Station, Delta Electricity, over a distressing mass fish kill incident at Mannering Park, in Lake Macquarie in NSW. Community members were...
by Jem Wilson | Jul 25, 2023 | Forests
The Victorian Government’s logging agency, VicForests, is under fire for allegations of misleading marketing and state-sponsored greenwashing. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has been asked to investigate whether statements on the...
by Rachael Szumski | Jul 21, 2023 | First Nations
An anti-toxic waste group and environmental lawyers are calling on Victoria’s environmental watchdog to reject a proposed waste to energy facility at Lara, near Geelong. Prospect Hill International Pty Ltd proposes to incinerate 400,000 tonnes of waste per year at...
by Jem Wilson | Jul 18, 2023 | Coal pollution
The NSW government is allowing aging coal power plants to continue to pump out high levels of toxic pollution, leading environment groups say. It’s absurd that toxic coal is above the law, while wind and solar farms are forced to meet the strictest environmental...