Environment News

Today The Supreme Court last week announced its decision on VicForests appeal of last November’s landmark court decision in Kinglake Friends of the Forest and Environment East Gippsland vs VicForests, known as ‘The Glider Case’.Sue McKinnon, President of Kinglake Friends of the Forest, said: “ The panel of 3 judges upheld Justice Richards’s findings that

Yarra Valley Water has been awarded $1 million funding through the Victorian Government’s Waste to Energy – Bioenergy Fund.This will help fund a second generator at the organisation’s food waste to energy facility in Lilydale, which, is expected to be operational in 2024-25.Once operational, the Lilydale facility will generate over 12,900 megawatt hours of electricity

Moonee Valley Council’s Carbon Emissions Reduction Taskforce, comprising 45 diverse members, met over the course of three full day sessions to discuss and workshop the question, ‘How should Council reduce community carbon emissions?’“Council has a key target in MV2040 to achieve zero net emissions for our community by 2040. How should Council reduce community carbon

City of Frankston South Ward Cr Claire Harvey joined Peninsula Leisure CEO Kath Thom to flick the switch to solar at Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre Frankston. “The 523-kilowatt (kW) system will save an estimated 614 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually and is expected to pay for itself within 8 years,” Cr Harvey said. “With

Mornington Peninsula Shire has partnered with Repower Mornington Peninsula to lead community engagement and local action on emissions reduction to help reach the target of net zero emissions by 2040.To confidently achieve this, they are aiming for a 70 per cent reduction in community emissions by 2030.Repower Mornington Peninsula (formerly named eMPower) is a not-for-profit

Pictured: From left: Megan Lindsay of Cardinia Environment Coalition; Cr Collin Ross; Cardinia Shire Mayor Cr Jeff Springfield; Cr Jack Kowarzik; Cr Kaye Cameron; Cr Graeme Moore; Bass MLA Jordan Crugnale; Cr Tammy Radford; Rob Nobelius, President, Deep Creek Golf Club; Haydn Thompson, CEO, Deep Creek Golf Club; Carol Jeffs, CEO, Cardinia Shire Council;and Lindsay

Quick thinking police came to the rescue of a dolphin stranded in PortPhillip Bay. Water police were called just after 4pm on Monday last week (Feb. 7) to assist the animal, which had beached itself in shallow water. Marine animal experts from Melbourne Zoo’s Marine Response Unit had requested police assistance, with two inflatable rescue

Garden workshops will be held at Flowerdale Community House on two Saturdays each month from March to August. The sessions, from 11am-12.30pm, will have a small session fee of $5. The workshops will cover the subjects of composting, soil preparation, crop rotation, companion planting, weed identification and management, pest management, rose and druit pruning and

Open Gardens Victoria will open ‘Small Places, Creative Spaces’ – two small but brilliantly designed neighbouring gardens in Montmorency on the weekend of January 22-23 from 10am-4.30pm. Units 4 & 5 / 200 Sherbourne Road, Montmorency Unit No. 5 owned by Steven Wells is a triumph of multiple levels and clever use of plants and

If you have any household chemicals that you need to get rid of, you can take them to Murrindindi Council’s Alexandra Resource Recovery Centre, free, on Saturday, February 5. Sustainability Victoria’s Detox Your Home program provides a convenient way for households to safely dispose of unwanted toxic chemicals, such as cleaning products, pool chemicals and