Sand miner digs in
Dandy Premix seeks to undo conditions on their planning permit and the agreement they signed following VCAT mediation with Grantville residents in 2013.
Thank you, AGL
AGL and APA have galvanised the people to send 6058 submissions to the inquiry into the proposed Crib Point gas import jetty and the gas pipeline to Pakenham, writes Neil Daly.
Western Port defenders back into battle
WITH only 40 days to respond to an 11,000-page report on AGL’s proposed gas plant at Crib Point, the Phillip Island Conservation Society faced an onerous task.
The power trip
Imagine a future where ordinary householders are part of a virtual power grid greater than Victoria’s coal-fired power stations. Werner Theinert explains.
Speak up, Russell and Darren!
A Gippsland day of action will call on our federal MPs to speak up on our climate crisis.
Our extinction crisis
Bass Coast community groups are playing their part in conserving habitat for threatened species, writes Lauren Burns
Council climate plan zeroes in on 2030
Bass Coast households, farmers, business and council all have part to play in meeting target of zero net emissions.
A watery makeover …
Three shapes knee-deep in mud off the Queensferry foreshore spark Neil Daly’s curiosity.
Not too coastal: alliance
Proposed Yallock-Bulluk trail between San Remo and Inverloch ‘shouldn’t hug the coast’
Bass Coast embraces green power
Cr Michael Whelan welcomes Bass Coast Shire Council commitment to buy 100 per cent renewable energy.
Action stations on climate plan
Last chance to comment on Bass Coast climate plan, writes Maddy Harford
Looking for Saunders
Deep in lockdown, Vilya Congreave was privileged to follow the strange journey of a Saunders case moth.
Inverloch sand fences offer a glimmer of hope
South Gippsland Conservation Society calls for extension of wet sand fencing along Inverloch beach.
The Cyan Way
With rising sea levels, the sea is too often seen as the intruder, but it also offers farmers new options for carbon sequestration projects, writes Neil Daly
Bin there, done that
By Catherine Watson LAST week when the State Government announced that all Victorian councils would be required to introduce a bin for food and other organic waste by 2030, it was hard not to feel a...
Western Port defenders hailed
Phillip Island’s eco warriors have drawn praise for decades of action to stop the industrialisation of Western Port.
Flights of fancy
For years Sue Woolley could only envy bird watchers. At last she has time to join them, and her photos are part of an exhibition of birds and nest at Grantville.
Growing, growing, gone …
Australia’s first auction of carbon insets, held on Phillip Island last weekend, set an Australian record of $800 a tonne.
Special day for plover lovers
BASS Coast’s Friends of the Hooded Plover are shining a spotlight on these beloved birds who share our beaches as part of International Plover Appreciation Day on Monday (September 16).
Local co-op unveils new power deal
A new retail electricity offer is the first step to a local community-owned power retailer, writes Susan Davies.