In an important case considering the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal’s powers to issue stay orders under the state’s revised Environment Protection Act, big global meat products company Van Hessen has been denied a stay of a prohibition notice that will potentially cost it up to $200,000 per week and result in the loss of 30 full time jobs.
Stronger action on climate change and more renewable energy funding are among the key commitments from Victoria's major political parties in the run in to the state election on November 26.
VicForests is ignoring the precautionary principle in its approach to logging glider habitat, and its conservation methods are ineffectual, Victoria's Supreme Court has ruled.
A re-elected Victorian Labor government would adopt a world-leading emissions reduction target for 2035, and would advance the state's net-zero deadline by five years.
Proponents of six solar farm projects have submitted the winning bids in Victoria's second-round renewables auction, including a joint venture that involves the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
In a move likely to result in large volumes of Melbourne's residual waste being sent for energy recovery, the ACCC has approved 16 councils to jointly procure processing services.
A report released today shows Victoria far exceeded its 2020 emissions reduction target, and the state government is being urged to rethink the 2030 goal.