Browsing: <a href="/tag/vic">Victoria</a> <i class="grey">•</i> <a href="/tag/ccs">CCS</a>

• Abbott: IPCC under 'very serious challenge'
  
• Nations weighing post-Copenhagen options: Norton Rose
  
• Top-20 Melbourne water user halves potable intake
  
• Energy ministers release progress report
  
• Obama: I want five to 10 CCS plants by 2016

• Ratings agency flags power station CPRS concerns
  
• Wong meets U.S. climate bill architects
  
• Victoria releases draft CCS regulations
  
• Advertisers issue voluntary environmental code
  
• Qfleet meets emissions target ahead of schedule
  
• Norway buys NZ forest carbon
  
• U.S. Senate takes evidence on containing scheme costs

• Victoria introduces bill to phase out renewables scheme
  
• We want federal CCS cash for these projects, Queensland says
  
• How to fix a planet – Royal Society examines geoengineering options

• SA unveils energy efficiency scheme requirements
  
• Victoria moves to implement carbon capture and storage legislation
  
• NT issues draft terms of reference for review of assessment law
  
• SA proposes noise guidelines for wind farms
  
• Insurers face 'a fork in the road' on climate change, report says
  
• Federal agency issues multiple chemical sensitivity report
  
• Environmental finance awards open for nominations

• Federal Court upholds appeal over 'secondary boycott' environment defence
  
• Anti-mill lobby group moves on class action
  
• Government moves to ban carbon storage in reef
  
• Garrett launches new urban planning website
  
• National Water Commission sets out priorities
  
• Infrastructure Australia seeks submissions
  
  EPA Victoria issues domestic wastewater code

The Victorian government has convened an industry working group to ensure Latrobe Valley cleaner coal projects can minimise the costs of carbon capture and storage by sharing the use of CO₂ pipelines and injection infrastructure.

• Coalition and Greens slam solar rebate means-test
  
• Milne tables national feed-in tariff bill
  
• Melbourne hazardous waste landfill closes ahead of schedule
  
• Rudd government quizzed on coal and energy
  
• Bligh praises Queensland businesses for water conservation efforts
  
• Garrett seeks comment on marine debris threats
  
• NSW Parliament issues carbon capture and storage paper

Victorian Premier John Brumby this morning announced a $110 million fund for large-scale carbon capture and storage demonstration projects, and a further $5.2 million to investigate potential carbon storage sites in the Gippsland basin.



The premier also committed $12.2 million for a new body – called Clean Coal Victoria – to identify future coal resources in under-explored areas.

• Milne slams CCS alliance
  
• 'Ten cent levy would double container recycling rate'
  
• Training system needs to 'move up a gear'
  
• Utility's environmental licence shrinks from 113 pages to nine

The Victorian state government will, in the next 10 days, sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Clinton Initiative that will focus on carbon capture and storage and low-emission and energy efficiency technologies, Victorian Premier John Brumby has just announced.