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VIC Government is Scrapping 2020 Emissions Target
On March 27th 2012 the Baillieu Government in Victoria announced they would be scrapping Victoria’s 2020 emissions target. The target was introduced in the Climate Change Act 2010 and called for a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 (on ...
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76 Percent of Victorian’s Want Government Action on Climate Change
A new survey of attitudes on the environment has found that most Victorians believe the state government has a responsibility to reduce greenhouse pollution. Among the survey’s major finding are: 76 percent of Victorians ...
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Sustainability Engineering – Shaking the Hard Hat Hex
Steven O’Keefe, deputy head of Griffith University’s school of engineering, recently spoke to sustainability website thefifthestate.com.au about the future generation of sustainability engineers in Australia. “Some people see engineers with the hard hat and roll of blueprints, some can’t see past ...
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Environmental Finance Opens for Commercial Property Owners
The first privately funded Environmental Upgrade Agreement (EUA) has been signed under the City of Melbourne’s 1200 Building Program, paving the way for property owners to access finance for environmental (energy ...
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Energy Efficiency Pays in Port Melbourne
FOR Port Melbourne apartment dweller Steve Brown, getting his owner corporation committee on board with energy cuts was easy once he told them how much money they could save. Bayview Apartments’ owner corporation MiCM Property has now won the ...
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Durban Climate Conference: Cause for Cautious Optimism
The recent UN climate conference in Durban saw delegates from over 200 countries make a conceptual advance towards real action on climate change. The biggest breakthrough was that the world’s largest emitters - India, China and the U.S. - have agreed ...
