Feds, Citing Environmental Concerns, Reject Port of Hastings as Wind Farm Staging Area
“What makes this decision so incredible is that she [Tanya Plibersek, Federal minister for the Environment and Water] has done so using her powers under the EPBC Act where a proposal is so deleterious to the environment that it is ‘clearly unacceptable’ and can be rejected without any further examination.”
Read Save Westernport’s full response here
Save Westernport’s Media Release about the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain project
Save Westernport’s Media Release announced the debate on the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain in the Victorian Upper House on November 15.
This first opportunity for public scrutiny was the result of a community petition with over 5000 signatures collected from people asking to have the matter heard. Read the release here… And more info here
Save Westernport’s OpEd in Michael West media: ‘HESC is Grotesque’
The jury remains out on hydrogen as commercial fuel. Yet a massive new fossil fuel project planned for Victoria’s Western Port Bay, to supply energy for Japan, is subsidised by state and federal governments, and continues the burning of brown coal read more
Securing the Future of the Bay
A bold plan to protect Western Port Bay’s wetlands, and support sustainable marine and tourism industries. Discover more…
Minister Wynne’s Decision Discussed
Hear the Minister’s decision on AGL’s gas imports in Westernport in March discussed here on Community Radio 3CR
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