by Jem Wilson | Mar 17, 2023 | First Nations, Murray
Government agencies must ensure commitment to protect and preserve the Yorta Yorta People’s Cultural Identity and Traditional Knowledge for the ecological recovery of the Barmah National Park and Murray Valley National Park, peak environment groups say. The...
by Jem Wilson | Mar 10, 2023 | Coal pollution, Communities
Environment Victoria and lawyers from Environmental Justice Australia say EPA Victoria needs to outright reject AGL Energy’s plans for a massive expansion of toxic coal ash dumps and enforce laws to protect the local community. AGL Energy has sought approval...
by Jem Wilson | Mar 1, 2023 | Coal pollution, Communities
Lawyers and community groups say important new laws to compel mining companies to rehabilitate their toxic sites should be applied to every fossil fuel project in the state. “Every corporation profiting from mining and drilling in Victorian communities has a...
by Kate Lewis | Feb 22, 2023 | Coal pollution, Communities
The federal government has announced Engie’s plan to fill Hazelwood coal mine with almost double Melbourne’s annual water consumption will now be scrutinised under federal environment law. This is fantastic news for the Latrobe Valley and the result of calls from...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Feb 13, 2023 | Nature, Savannah Woodlands
The Environment Centre NT (ECNT), the Northern Territory’s peak conservation body, is taking the NT government to the Supreme Court, in a landmark challenge to a corporation’s plans to clear ecologically important tropical savanna to grow cotton. Under powers given to...
