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The solution for healthy rivers

Many of Victoria’s industrial and commercial users have been able to significantly reduce their water use in recent years – with the exception of the remaining coalSee more

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Why are our rivers in trouble

WEBLearn about the solutions for healthy rivers. 1. Decreased rainfall in a hotter, drier climate. Victoria’s climate is already becoming hotter and drier as a result of burning polluting …

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About the Murray-Darling Basin Plan

WEBThe Water Act’s objectives are very clear – it states that the Basin Plan should establish and enforce limits on how much water we can sustainably take out of the rivers of the …

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Developing ‘Lifeblood’: An online atlas which explores the …

WEBOur Rivers, Our Lifeblood is an innovative web-based atlas of Victoria’s rivers providing an easily accessible and concise summary of the state of all Victorian rivers and their …

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A healthy Murray-Darling Basin

WEBA healthy Murray-Darling Basin. On the world’s driest inhabited continent, water is life. But Australia’s largest and most important river system – the Murray-Darling – is on the brink …

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Water Policies and Legislation

WEBThe Safe Drinking Water Act. This act places obligations on water suppliers to supply safe, good quality drinking water. Environment Protection Act 1970 – State Environment …

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Free entry to Victoria’s parks will help make Victorians …

WEBFrom the Premier of Victoria Sunday, 11 April 2010 Entry to all of Victoria’s national parks and metropolitan parks will be made free of charge to encourage people …

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New Opal waste to energy facility approval in Morwell …

WEBLeading environment groups Environment Victoria, Environmental Justice Australia (EJA) and Friends of Latrobe Water (FLOW) have today expressed public …

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Will our rivers survive climate change

WEBSouthern Victoria’s rivers are already stressed, but a new draft water strategy makes their survival dependent on ‘manufactured’ water that doesn’t even exist …

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Victoria, Heatwaves & Climate Change

WEBAs a result of this damage, heatwaves are becoming hotter, longer and more frequent across Australia. In Victoria, the two worst heatwaves on record have occurred in …

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Murray Darling Conservation Alliance Proposal

WEBThe Murray Darling Conservation Alliance secretariat is currently hosted by Environment Victoria. If you would like to discuss this proposal or receive Environment Victoria’s bank …

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Woori Yallock Creek

WEBThe Woori Yallock Creek nourishes the habitat of some of Victoria’s most significant wildlife and underpins valuable agricultural and tourism industries in the Yarra Valley. The …

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Murray river health levy needed

WEBPaul Sinclair, Environment Victoria Thursday, 7 April 2005 Last week landholders, agricultural policy-makers, scientists and environmentalists met in Brisbane …

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MasterChef should lead by example by dropping “greenwashing” …

WEBMasterChef Australia should lead by example and join its international counterparts in switching away from cooking with gas at a time when the adverse health and climate …

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River Red Gum forests and wetlands

WEBAustralia is home to the two largest River Red Gum forests in the world. They lie either side of the Murray River, with the Barmah forest on the Victorian side and the Millewa forests …

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Licence to Pollute-V8

WEBRegulating climate pollution is the unfinished business on the EPA’s path to becoming a modern regulator equipped to deal with the big environmental challenges of the 21st …

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at the gorgeous Hattah Lakes

WEBLast week I had the exciting opportunity to spend a day with the federal Water Minister, Tony Burke, giving him a first hand experience of the beautiful environment at Hattah Lakes in north western Victoria and showing him the benefits of environmental watering. It was also an opportunity to remind him that this year his

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Call for strong Victorian climate targets

WEBCall his office now to let him know that you want our government to set strong climate targets in March. Office of The Premier: (03) 9651 5000. Call dan andrews. Tips to make …

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Indigenous perspective: The Birrarung, “a river of mists and …

WEBThe Birrarung (Yarra) was once a verdent winter Kakadu teeming with life. The most important part of the tour is understanding the impacts of change on the river, …

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Victorian power stations worst in the country for toxic mercury

WEBAccording to new data from the National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) and analysis by Environmental Justice Australia, EnergyAustralia’s Yallourn power station emitted the most mercury of any power station in the country, at 436 kilograms in 2017-18. AGL’s Loy Yang A came in second at 292kg, with Alinta’s Loy Yang B third, emitting 280kg of

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