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MediaClimate Change
         Australians mark Kyoto Day by tackling climate change
         Australia’s Worst Greenhouse Gas Polluter Replaced within Six Years?
         Bellamy marginalised as global warming skeptic
         Bendigo faces uncertain future
         Biggest wind farm brings big benefits
         Bracks Government betrays green policy
         Bracks victory welcomed but time for action
         Brumby Government’s solar feed-in law a flop
         Climate Change brings more bushfires
         Coal expansion environmental vandalism
         Community and Business Campaign Cranks Up for Effective Solar Laws
         Crunch time for Bracks on Hazelwood
         Desal Plant a 1 Million Tonne CO2 Nightmare Without Rock-Solid Renewable Energy Commitment
         Drop in Emissions a Good Start but No Room for Complacency
         Emission trading a triumph for economy and environment
         Emissions trading scheme on the way
         Environment group supports pollutant proposal
         Environment Groups Tell Ministers its Time to Get Real on Climate Change
         Environment groups welcome five star requirement for new homes
         Environment groups welcome Labor Energy Ministers’ plan
         Environment Victoria's response to the Federal Government’s Emissions Trading Green Paper
         Farmers will be hit hard by climate threats
         FREE EARLY BIRD TRAVEL A GOOD SHORT-TERM FIX
         Future water and energy supply at risk
         Green groups release plan to tackle climate change
         Green groups welcome Bracks\' climate change announcement
         Hazelwood must not be allowed to expand
         Historic green victory sets legal precedent
         Howards emission policy fails to cut the hot air
         Industry Blackmail on Climate Change Policies to be Opposed
         Kyoto: Australia must act
         Leaders invited to 'Walk the Talk' Against Warming
         Major Gas Power Station Good News for Future of Energy
         Mortlake gas station step in right direction
         National Party leaves bush community high and dry
         National’s electricity plan leaves regional communities high and dry
         New coal-fired power station makes a mockery of State Government's climate credentials
         New solar power welcomed but Hazelwood windfall slammed
         No Cash for the Climate Conscious: New Solar Laws a Fake
         People power urges wind power
         PM\'s energy statement shamelessly pro-coal
         Pressure on Bracks Govt mounts as NSW rejects new coal power
         Real action on climate change needed at APEC
         Review finds Bracks Government weak on environment
         Steve Bracks condemns Victoria to climate change
         Stop Hazelwood expansion now!
         Surveys indicate low risk to birds from wind farms
         The Real Greenhouse Challenge: Generational Change in Climate Policies
         Tru Energy a step in the right direction but needs federal support
         Victoria must urgently move on greenhouse
         Victoria: the greenhouse polluting state
         Victorian Greenhouse Strategy welcomed, but brown coal power plan would wipe out greenhouse savings
         Victorian homes on a power trip
         Victorian jobs under threat by Federal energy targets
         Victorian Renewable Energy Target a strong step forward
         Victorians call for climate change action
         Victorians concern about climate change heightened: new survey
         Victorians must act now to curb climate threats
         Victoria’s polluting power stations revealed
         We’re on the road to....where?
         Wind atlas charts the way for rural Victoria
         Wind farm refusal illogical
         Wind farm rhetoric is ‘over the top’
         Wind farm welcome but Government must commit to 20% by 2020
 
 Climate Change
         Australia's environment groups set climate change agenda
         Coal should be dead and buried
         Global warming: the Victorian case
         Leaked Pentagon report warns climate change may bring famine, war
         Science has facts on climate change and we should listen before it's too late
         Solution in our hands
         The burning question of our times
         The rising cost of our oil addiction
         Victorian climate change summit: lasting legacy or fleeting moment?
         Why it\'s cool to go with gas
         Wind: time for a deep breath
 
 General
         ALP greenhouse policy a boost for rural Victoria
         Brack' Forest Announcement Environment Groups Respond
         Bracks’ $50m Irrigator Subsidy is No `Healthy Rivers’ Policy
         Bracks’ Water Trust: Looks Good, but Will it Deliver on River Health?
         Brown budget fails to recognise urgent green issues
         Environment groups release policy score card
         Environment Heroes Crowned
         Forest Policy a Major Step Forward for the Liberals, but Short of Community Expectations
         Government fails on environment assessment law review
         Government report card: shows promise but must try harder
         Green Groups Applaud Proposal For Victorian Environment Commissioner
         Green Ticks for Environment Spending in Budget
         Greens give cautious approval to budget
         HALF COMMITTED: REPORT CARD REVEALS BRUMBY GOVERNMENT DRAGGING ITS FEET ON ENVIRONMENT
         Liberals fall a long way short on environment
         New portfolio signals need for strong environmental action
         Search on for environment’s Local Heroes
         State Budget: will it yield any green?
         Thwaites set standard for future environment, climate and water ministers
         Water Wars: Bracks & Doyle Lift Their Games on Water
         Watershed for the Environment: Environment Groups Welcome Thwaites to New Role
 
 Healthy Rivers
         A dead Wimmera River won’t help water crisis
         A healthy Yarra River at just 13 litres a day
         Ballarat pipeline robbing Peter to pay Paul
         Bendigo leads in search for water crisis solutions
         Big drinkers need water-saving targets
         Bracks Needs to Get Serious About Saving Melbourne\'s Water
         Bracks’ $50m Irrigator Subsidy is No `Healthy Rivers’ Policy
         Bracks’ Water Trust: Looks Good, but Will it Deliver on River Health?
         Brumby undermines independent investigation
         Buy-back needed to revive Murray River
         Call for legal rights on deadly river threats
         Call for storytellers in inaugural Hattah Lakes short film project
         COAG's small steps not enough to save the Murray Darling
         Coalition’s water fund falls short
         Dams no solution to water woes
         Desal Plant a 1 Million Tonne CO2 Nightmare Without Rock-Solid Renewable Energy Commitment
         Do or die for Victoria's northern waterways
         Drought-threatened battler thrown a lifeline
         Dying Murray gums a national emergency
         Dying Red Gums Demand Action
         Dying River Loses Again
         Environment groups and anglers win independent audit into Goulburn River Fish Kill
         Fair Share: Food Bowl Project a Positive Plan for All
         Fate of Thomson Rests with Minister
         Fishing and Conservation Groups Unite - Call for Commitment to Victoria\'s Rivers
         Flow-Tilla for our River: Thirsty Yarra Needs Water it was Promised
         Fresh from the Ovens: Community speaks up for a healthy Ovens River
         Government double standard threatens Murray’s future
         Government must act on Auditor-General's recommendations
         Green group welcomes extra water for rivers
         Hattah’s heart will pump again
         Healthy rivers secure Melbourne’s water supply
         Howard's Water Plan Welcomed
         Labor delivers on key green election ask
         Lessons from the big dry
         Liberals fall a long way short on environment
         Lifeline to Hattah abandoned in Government backflip
         Melbourne and Bendigo pipelines must be part of solution - not another nail in rivers coffin
         Melbourne City Council makes historic commitment to environmental flows
         Melbourne facing massive water drop from climate change
         Melbourne must have full confidence in Yarra
         Melbourne must keep saving water
         Melbourne water strategy good news for the future
         Melbourne’s rivers at risk
         Murray deal the beginning of a long but urgent journey
         Murray levy could save dying river
         Murray river health levy needed
         National icon in crisis
         New water laws break 100 year drought
         Relief for thirsty Murray Red Gums
         River To Ruin: State Government Pushes Yarra To The Brink
         Short films bring world-renowned wetlands into focus
         Speak out for the Stringybark Creek
         State Liberals Need a 21st Century Water Policy
         Tales of our tributaries: community speaks up for a healthy goulburn river
         Tales of our tributaries: community speaks up for a healthy Woori Yallock
         Thirsty for answers: Government yet to deliver on 2006 Yarra water promise
         Tougher fines needed for river polluters
         Toughest fish in Murray risks extinction from low water allocations
         Vic Govt gambles away water-quality insurance policy
         Victoria right to stand strong against weakness of national plan
         Water buyback good news for the Murray
         Water restrictions welcomed
         Water Wars: Bracks & Doyle Lift Their Games on Water
         Water White Paper breaks the drought
         Wetlands watering a welcome relief
         Wimmera River decision sets alarming precedent
         Yarra River Health Concerns
         Yarra\'s future must be safeguarded
 
 Native Vegetation
         Catchment Report Card Reveals a Failing Environment
         Government must act to save native flora, fauna
         Green groups join forces on biodiveristy
         Green groups reveal Melbourne\'s most threatened sites
         Latrobe City must reject forest destruction
 
 Sustainable Living
         
         
         Australian children: battery reared or free range?
         Ballarat's Families Go Green at Home
         EV to headline at 2008 Sustainable Living Festival
         Families Go Green EXPO & Showerhead Exchange
         Footscray moon festival shines for local children
         Free plastic bags to be banned
         Grab, grab, grab may cost us dearly
         Green Choices Added to Vietnamese Shopping List
         Kim recognised for sustainable living efforts
         Nha Dep: Helping Vietnamese homes
         Results are in on kid-power!
         Storm surge warning for Port Phillip linked to climate change
         Unprecedented call for action on climate
         Water Saving Showers Forecast for Australia Day
         Young Migrants Celebrate a Year of Green Learning
         Young Migrants to Take Leading Role in Protecting their New Environment
 
 Sustainable Transport
         
         A Big Step Along the Track to a Public Transport Vision
         Bendigo - Bus Services in the Future
         Coalition condemns irresponsible freeway widening plans
         Community Input Sought for Regional Rail Project
         Community vows to fight for Rowville rail
         Councils on the Right Track With Rail
         Environment Victoria announces visionary plan for regional public transport
         Fast-track rail plans, dump road plans: Eddington review a mixed bag
         Federal Government ignores own research on sustainable cities
         Government must not ignore own inquiry into traffic congestion
         Government should ditch freeway plans and ‘get on track’
         Government should reject tunnel proposal
         Greening the Fleet: Welcome Reform for Local Car Industry
         Knox City Council on the right track
         Melbourne’s public transport: On the move
         Metro Strategy – Heading in the Right Direction
         Parking levy makes sense
         Poor public transport risks suburban wastelands
         Protestors demand PT not roads
         Public transport needs funds not facelifts
         Public Transport Report
         Public Transport the way to beat rising petrol prices
         Public transport wins the race, strategy and speed gets them over the line
         Regional Rail Bendigo 90 minute journey times with significantly improved service levels
         Schools go head to head in race around Melbourne
         The North East Needs Fast Trains Too!
         Time for Batchelor to ‘Get On Track’
         Time to put budget surplus to work on Melbourne’s public transport
         Traffic Bill takes Melbourne streets back to “dark ages”
         Trains Galore!
         Transport Spending - Roads Ahead, Public Transport Trails
         Victoria needs major traffic overhaul
         Where is the LaTrobe Valley Fast Train Project Heading?
 
 Zero Waste
         6.4 billion more plastic bags to go
         Alliance to protect Hattah from toxic waste
         Australians want tough action to reduce waste blight: survey
         Calder Highway offers narrow buffer from toxic waste facility
         Community groups walk out of national waste negotiations
         Consumers lured by damaging marketing ploys
         Consumers ripped off by product packaging
         Don't Bin Australia's Environment, Ministers Warned
         Don\'t be fooled by dodgy degradeable bags
         Don’t throw-away waste opportunity
         DUMP awards honour packaging horrors
         Environment Victoria withdraws Toshiba boycott
         EV welcomes hazardous waste levy increase
         Free plastic bags to be banned
         Governments Must Stand up to Industry on Plastic Bags
         Green Groups Demand Action on Packaging Waste
         Industry, community kick-start computer recycling campaign
         Juices putting squeeze on environment
         Ministers avert waste crisis
         Mobile phone recycling scheme rises from the ashes
         Mobile phones creating toxic time bomb
         New alliance urges solutions for toxic facility
         New report slams packaging industry
         Phone recycling taking off in Bendigo
         Plastic bag ban or levy the only solution
         POPULAR SUPERMARKET PRODUCTS RUBBISHED IN 2007 DUMP AWARDS
         Producer take-back: the new recycling push comes to Melbourne
         Shadow shoppers test supermarket plastic bag use
         Stop hypocrisy on plastic bags
         Urgent action needed on computer recycling laws
         WA joins push for bottle deposits
         WANTED: Packaging Offenders
 
 
Climate ChangeClean Energy Future
         Investment in Green Energy underway
         Renewable Energies
         Why Renewable Energy?
 
 Get the facts
         A Feed-In Tariff for Solar PV
         Act now or region will lose fight against climate change
         Bring On the Solar Revolution
         Carbon Dioxide Geosequestration
         Citizen's Guide to Climate Refugees
         Climate Change and Water in Australia
         Climate/nuclear myth busting
         Cost to Victorian Consumers of a Gross-Metered Feed-In Tariff
         Get the facts on climate change
         Green groups release plan to tackle climate change
         Hazelwood tops international list of dirty power stations
         Key Tests for an Australian Emissions Trading Scheme
         Melbourne Water Climate Change Study
         Nuclear Energy: No Solution to Climate Change
         Save the forests; they are crucial to reducing carbon dioxide
         Scientists agree the climate is changing
         What is Brown Coal?
         Why Reduce our Energy Use?
 
 Hazelwood Power Station
         Bracks\' condemns Victoria to Climate Change
         Corporate profile of Hazelwood power station
         Greenhouse Pollution Intensity of Victorian Brown Coal Power Industry
         Hazelwood power station
         New solar power welcomed but Hazelwood windfall slammed
         Victoria\'s power supply
         What is Brown Coal?
 
 Put your federal MP on the Hot Seat!
         Action plan to cut greenhouse pollution 30% by 2020
         Top 10 Climate-saving tips!
         What difference can I make?
         Why it’s easy for you to meet your MP
 
 Sustainable Transport
         East West Link Needs Assessment - Environment Victoria's response to the 20 recommendations of Sir Rod Eddington
         The Eddington Report: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
 
 Top 10 Climate-saving tips!
 
 Walk Against Warming
         Thousands of Victorians Walk Against Warming
         Walk Against Warming 2007 - We need your help!
         Walk Against Warming 2007 website launched
 
 What's New
         Al Gore calling for Direct Action against coal?!
         Bring On the Solar Revolution
         Cost to Victorian Consumers of a Gross-Metered Feed-In Tariff
         Media
         No Cash for the Climate Conscious: New Solar Laws a Fake
         Thousands of Victorians Walk Against Warming
         Tru Energy a step in the right direction but needs federal support
         United front against uranium mining, exports and nuclear energy
         Victorian climate change summit: lasting legacy or fleeting moment?
         Walk Against Warming: Sunday November 11, @ 1pm; State Library
 
 
Zero Waste CampaignDUMP Awards
         About the National Packaging Covenant
         DUMP Awards Report 2007
         Unsustainable Packaging
 
 Electronic Waste
 
 Organic Waste
         The Organic Waste Problem
 
 Our campaign
         The Zero Waste campaign
 
 Sustainable Festive Season Guide
 
 The 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
         3Rs: Reduce Re-use and Recycle
 
 What does Zero Waste mean?
         What does Zero Waste mean?
 
 What's New
         Latest News
 
 Why is waste a problem?
         Why is waste a problem?
 
 Zero Waste Challenge
         The Zero Waste Campaign Information Packs
 
 Zero Waste E-bulletin
 
 Zero Waste Get Active
         Get Active on Zero Waste
 
 
Healthy RiversAbout Us
         Our Vision
         Why Environmental Flows
 
 Get involved
         Eight ways to get involved today!
 
 Go Yarra Flow
         About this campaign
         Campaign supporters
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         Pledge your support!
         Yarra Flow-tilla - day of community action
 
 Hattah Lakes Storylines
         Contact us
         Hattah Lakes Storylines: the stories
         Hattah Lakes: a landscape under threat
         Premier Screening, July 1 at Melbourne's ACMI Cinemas
         Project partners
         The Living Murray
         What is digital storytelling?
 
 Resources
         Environment Victoria Submissions
         Policies and Legislation
         Reports and Studies
         Useful Links
         WATER AND ENERGY CURRICULUM RESOURCES
 
 River Words
         Rivers in Print
         Rivers in Song
         Rivers in the News
         Yarra Moments
 
 What's New
         Bendigo calls public meeting on water crisis
         Bendigo course brings river advocates together
         Campaigner Trail - Hattah Lakes
         Campaigner Trail - Moorabool River
         Discussions begin on the Sustainable Water Strategy for Northern Region
         Eel Reference Group
         Food Bowl Modernisation Project: Comment today on Draft Report
         Food Bowl Modernisation Project: Environment Victoria Submission
         Free Community Workshop: There's only one Gouburn River...
         Goulburn Your River - join us at the launch on November 16!
         Healthy Rivers Campaign: 2007 in review
         Hello from EV's new Campaigns Director - Mark Wakeham
         Not a pretty picture on the Moorabool River
         Ovens River celebration - Feast on Your River, August 5
         Paul Sinclair farewells Environment Victoria
         River Feast: The Murray comes to Melbourne
         Rivers Concert - Tuesday October 16, 7.30pm
         Rivers Concert a great success
         Shepparton Community unites around a healthy Goulburn River
         Spotlight on the Wimmera
         Students give the Yarra a helping hand
         Support VEAC to restore dying red gum forests
         The Snowy – some light at the end of the tunnel?
         View media releases
         Vision needed for northern Victoria
 
 Your River
         Barwon River
         Broken River
         Campaspe River
         Glenelg River
         Goulburn River
         Loddon River
         Maribyrnong River
         Ovens River
         Snowy River
         Thomson River
         Wimmera River
         Woori Yallock Creek
         Woori Yallock Creek - join us at the launch, June 25!
         Yarra River
 
 
Sustainable Living ProgramMulticultural Projects
         An introduction to our Multicultural Projects
         NEW Greek Sustainability Radio Series - from June 2008
         New wave of Multicultural Leaders in Sustainability
         NEW: Green Town Sustainability Program awarded $560k funding
         NEW: Multicultural Project for Ballarat
         Nha Dep Green Business Program ends on a high
 
 Past Projects
         Bringing Back Nature
         Cool News on climate friendly communities
         Creating Child Friendly Cities
         Cycling into a Sustainable Future
         Getting about without a car
         Past Sustainable Transport Projects
         PEP up your garden
         Smogbusters Way to School
         Smogbusters: about Us
         Urban Tripper
         Walk and Ride on Wednesday
 
 Regional Sustainable Living Projects
         An introduction to the Regional Sustainable Living Program
         Eco-challenge youth meet Al Gore
         Eco-Wise Seniors in Central Victoria
         Environment Victoria’s Youth Program wins Sustainability Award
         Families Go Green in Ballarat
         NEW: Eco-Wise II Champion Program in Bendigo
         NEW: Greater Geelong/Corangamite Region announced as the next area for the Regional Sustainable Living Program
         Youth in Central Victoria rise to the Eco-Challenge
 
 Sustainability Tips and Resources
         Community Sustainability Report
         Top 10 tips for living more sustainably
         Top 10 tips for saving water around the home
 
 Sustainable Transport Projects
         International Students Make Themselves At Home In Melbourne
         Public Transport Challenge Winners!
 
 What's New
         Eco-Wise Seniors in Central Victoria
         International Students Make Themselves At Home In Melbourne
         NEW Greek Sustainability Radio Series - from June 2008
         New wave of Multicultural Leaders in Sustainability
         NEW: Eco-Wise II Champion Program in Bendigo
         NEW: Greater Geelong/Corangamite Region announced as the next area for the Regional Sustainable Living Program
         NEW: Green Town Sustainability Program awarded $560k funding
         NEW: Multicultural Project for Ballarat
         Nha Dep Green Business Program ends on a high
         Public Transport Challenge Winners!
         Youth in Central Victoria rise to the Eco-Challenge
 
 
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