Exclusive: Australian Gas Infrastructure Group lobbying campaign warns energy bills could increase by $100 unless ban is reversed, despite experts disagreeing

By PEACE IJIYERA   A COLLABORATION by AusNet and Gippsland Climate Change Network (GCCN), the Morwell ElectriFAIRcation project is a [...]

This report, developed with Nexa Advisory, shows why delaying Victoria's transition to clean energy would push up power bills and increase risks to energy security. Yallourn Power Station is currently...

This project, in Victoria’s far north-west, is a flashpoint in the broader battle over the Murray Darling Basin Plan. Campaigners have camped out for weeks.

Budgets are not communications exercises. They are statements of priorities, the most literal answer a government can give to the question: what do we value? Ask that of the 2026–27 federal budget, an...

Australia’s State and Territory Conservation Councils have raised concerns that the Federal Budget will undermine protections for world heritage places like Kakadu, the Tasmanian Wilderness and the Gr...

Conservation groups and community advocates say the Victorian Budget's $124.5 million commitment to the Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal (VRET) at Port of Hastings must be coupled with a plan to pr...

Councillors in a Victorian shire battling coastal erosion say fossil fuel giants should help pay for damage caused by climate-related environmental disasters.

A once-in-a-decade review of Australia’s largest river system is underway – and public submissions will help shape what comes next.

In response to news that the federal government has today approved the Viva Energy gas import terminal in Geelong, Environment Victoria and Geelong Renewables Not Gas have warned of high prices and heavy environmental damage to Corio Bay. The groups have warned that Viva’s gas terminal threatens to expose Victorian households and businesses to bigger

There are plans to turn the former Hazelwood coal mine in Victoria into a lake bigger than Sydney Harbour, but farmers and environmentalists are worried about the impact on nearby waterways.

Today, there are fewer eastern Australian homes burning fossil gas than there were yesterday. Congratulations to many of you. We’ve passed “peak gas home”! In this article, I highlight the hard, exhau...

Commentators ideologically opposed to renewables have sat in their dens in the recent heatwaves waiting for the grid to fail. It didn’t.

The heatwave in Melbourne and Adelaide this week is likely to become the norm. We should prepare now

Renewables became the dominant energy supply for an entire quarter in the final three months of last year, helping the grid skate through the early days of a scorching summer.

When it comes to extreme rainfall, it's hard for climate scientists to say what's natural and what's caused by climate change, but they do know the most extreme events are dropping more rain, more oft...

There are a multitude of physical and mental benefits that come with hiking and connecting with nature — but for people with disability across Australia, accessing the outdoors is often difficult.

We have a once in a generation opportunity to reform our national nature laws. Learn more and make a submission by 5 December 2025

In response Jess Wilson this morning ousting Brad Battin to become the new Victorian Liberal Party leader, Environment Victoria CEO Jono La Nauze said today: “We congratulate Jess Wilson on becoming t...

In response to the breaking news that the Liberal Party has formally dumped their support for 2050 net zero emissions targets, Jono La Nauze, CEO of Environment Victoria said today: “Environment Victo...

Last night in Melbourne, Environment Victoria recognised the achievements of seven community groups and individuals for their outstanding contribution to the environment over the past twelve months. T...

It’s one night of the year but debris haunts neighbourhoods well after 31 October. Is it time to exorcise the monster trash?

Fish named after Olympic swimming champion Ariarne Titmus was most recently tracked at a section of the mid-Murray, near Belsar Island

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Exclusive: Rainforest Reserves Australia has published submissions naming nonexistent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm

Environment Victoria is calling on Victorian Opposition Leader Brad Battin and Nationals Leader Danny O’Brien to rule out nuclear power after federal Nationals MP and member for the Victorian seat of ...

This week, 10 small towns around regional Victoria, including Swan Hill, Lakes Entrance and Marong, received the news that their gas company, Solstice Energy, would be cutting them off some time next ...

In an unprecedented crisis for the mighty inland rivers of NSW, the state and federal government are stopping water from naturally flowing down stream to wetlands and waterways that rely on it.  The...