Hundreds of large energy-using sites will no longer be exempt from Victoria's energy efficiency scheme, the state's new gas substitution roadmap confirms.
A Victorian government department has objected to Cement Australia's plans to install new plant that would prepare industrial slag for reuse, and Defence is also wary.
The election of a federal government that is more engaged on climate change will affect state government decision-making about interim targets, Victoria's Climate Change Minister Lily D'Ambrosio told Footprint today.
The Port of Geelong has made an environmental referral for a $130 million facility that would produce hydrogen and nitrogen from imported green ammonia.
Victoria's Supreme Court has criticised the "high-handed" behaviour of a wind farm owner, giving it three months to resolve noise problems before an injunction takes effect.
The Victorian government has appointed an expert panel chaired by carbon law and investment specialist Martijn Wilder to advise it on a binding emissions target for 2035.
Under a worst-case scenario, it will take Engie 35 years to fill the Hazelwood coal mine pit with water, but the company is aiming to do it over 10 to 20 years, new documents show.