Today we saw the appalling revelation in the Age newspaper that Exergen (the company that wants to start up a brown coal export industry in Victoria while the world tries to forge an international agreement to cut greenhouse pollution) paid for Premier John Brumby’s time just before a crucial cabinet meeting was held to decide [...]

At 9am this morning, 14 Greenpeace activists arrived at the offices of Simply Energy in Melbourne to present them with the award of Australia’s Dirtiest Energy Retailer.
“There has been some tough competition over the past 12 months,” said head judge and Greenpeace campaign director Steve Campbell, “but Simply Energy’s steadfast commitment to powering climate change [...]

We’ve just got in the first batch of photos from this morning’s blockade of Hazelwood Power Station by Greenpeace activists. Seven of our activists shut down a massive coal digger at the power station in Victoria’s La Trobe Valley. Hazelwood is the most polluting power station in the developed world. For every hour these massive [...]

Seven Greenpeace activists have occupied one of the massive coal excavators at the Hazelwood Power station in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. Hazelwood is a polluting dinosaur built with 1950s technology . It is the dirtiest power station in the developed world and was supposed to be closed this year.
If we are going to have any hope [...]

What:      Climate Change Human Sign
Date:       Sunday 17 May 2009
Time:      11:00 am (sharp) for about an hour, rain of shine this outdoor event proceeds.
Where:    St.Kilda Beach in front of the St.Kilda Sea Baths (Melway Map 2N, J7)
Cost:        Free. There will also be free entertainment for children.People from all over Melbourne, are gathering [...]

As I write, 20 student activists are peacefully blockading the Newcastle coal loader to highlight the insanity of expanding the world’s biggest coal port at a time when we need urgent cuts in greenhouse emissions (see coverage on abc and SMH). Yesterday, activists shut down power generation at the Loy Yang power station in [...]