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Showing posts with label Victoria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Victoria. Show all posts
Thursday, November 28, 2024

Victoria releases latest (2022) Greenhouse gas emissions report showing year on year 4.3 megatonnes increase

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The latest Victorian Greenhouse gas emissions report is for 2022 and contains the headline details for Victoria's emissions profile. It ...
Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan acknowledges climate change a factor in extreme rain and flood events

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Premier Jacinta Allan has acknowledged that climate change is a factor in extreme rain and flood events, and that more needs to be done in p...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Victoria’s renewable energy generation reached 37.8 per cent of Victoria’s electricity generation in 2022/23

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A Progress report tabled in the Victorian parliament highlights that Victoria has doubled its renewable electricity generation in the last f...
Saturday, August 19, 2023

Is Australia prepared for a wildfire emergency in 2023 summer?

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Queensland Fire incidents map Sat 19 August 11am Early Fire season started this weekend in SE Queensland. Warmer temperatures with climate c...
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Logging Native Forests in Victoria to end by 1 January 2024, saving 14 million tonnes of carbon by 2030

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Cudos to Premier Dan Andrews and the State Labor Government who took the giant step of announcing the end to native forest logging in Victor...
Thursday, October 20, 2022

Victoria sets 75-80% emissions reduction target for 2035, Net zero by 2045, New Renewables Targets VRET of 65% by 2030, 95% by 2035.

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The Victorian Labor Premier, Dan Andrews, and Climate Change Minister Lily D'Ambrosio, have  announced the State's 2035 emissions re...
Friday, October 7, 2022

Nitrogen Fertilizer Urea production Locking in Fossil Fuels greenhouse gas emissions for industrial Food production

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A new international report identifies Fossil Fuel fertilisers as an important growth area for coal and gas sectors  as part of the petroch...
Thursday, September 29, 2022

AGL Energy brings forward Loy Yang A coal power plant closure from 2045 to 2035

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AGL Energy has announced the bringing forward of the closure date for the Loy Yang A coal power station in the LaTrobe Valley from 2045 to 2...
Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Victoria sets Energy Storage targets of 2.6 Gigawatts by 2030 and 6.3 GW by 2035 capacity, coal may end in early 2030s

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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Energy Lily D’Ambrosio announced new energy storage targets alongside a $157 million packa...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Victoria cut emissions by 29.8% on 2005 levels by 2020. There is a pathway to decarbonisation by 2035 to meet 1.5C target.

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The Victorian Premier, Dan Andrews, announced on 20 September that  Victoria Smashes Emissions Targets . Victoria achieved a 29.8 per cent e...
Friday, March 11, 2022

Victorian Government sets offshore wind targets to kickstart offshore wind industry to meet climate targets

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On March 4, 2022 the Victorian Government set new offshore wind farm targets. Currently there are no offshore wind farms operating in the ...
Thursday, February 3, 2022

Sleepless in Melbourne - heat, humidity and rainfall set new January records for Victoria

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BOM: Average Tmin deciles for January Sleepless in Melbourne? January was a warm one for Melbourne despite presence of La Nina (ENSO) which ...
Saturday, October 30, 2021

Victoria reduces emissions by 24.8%, on track for 45-50% reduction by 2030

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Victoria achieved a 24.8 per cent emissions reduction between 2005 and 2019 and the state’s annual emissions dropped below 100 megatonnes of...
Sunday, May 9, 2021

Germany raises climate ambition at Petersburg Dialogue in leadup to COP26

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German Finance minister Olaf Scholz and environment minister Svenja Schulze announced new proposed climate targets to press in Berlin on Tue...
Friday, April 9, 2021

Community Panel recommends 21 actions for EV transition for Victoria to reduce Transport Emissions

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Community Panel for Infrastructure Victoria on Transport Emissions. I was on this panel which had 211 Victorians (most age groups, Metro a...
Friday, September 25, 2020

DELWP fails consumer choice on electricity plans and greenhouse gas emissions

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The Victorian Department of Environment Land, Water and Planning provide a website to compare gas and electricity plans. But a problem wit...
Sunday, March 17, 2019

Domestic Aviation emissions are booming while Melbourne Airport plans ignore climate risk management

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Growth in domestic transport emissions compared: note aviation emissions growth is well ahead of other transport modes. Source: Charting Tr...
Sunday, December 30, 2018

Climate Diary of an extreme heatwave across Australia and climate heat impacts

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The Bureau of Meteorology in the lead up to christmas in 2018 showed a heatwave building through the week. The forecast was for severe and...
Thursday, October 18, 2018

IPCC 1.5C report needs to inform Moreland's transport strategy

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I attended the Brunswick Town Hall, for a special hearing by Moreland Council considering oral presentations to submissions on the Moreland...
Saturday, July 29, 2017

Stop sitting on the fence Bill Shorten on Adani coal

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Photo by Julian Meehan Copyright: Creative Commons CC-by-SA Bill Shorten has been sitting on the fence regarding the Adani Carmichael coa...