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Opponents of a subdivision application have had a tribunal win, after arguing proposed biodiversity offsets were on an "undevelopable" part of a site that was at risk of sea-level rise.

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.

Victoria's Auditor-General has delivered a scathing assessment of efforts to manage clearing on private land in the state, identifying fundamental data gaps and extensive compliance failures.

The Port of Geelong has made an environmental referral for a $130 million facility that would produce hydrogen and nitrogen from imported green ammonia.

The Victorian government will amend legislation to ensure the owners of the three Latrobe Valley coal mines can't avoid their rehabilitation responsibilities by transferring them to another business.

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.