Sand miner digs in

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

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

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

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.

Our extinction crisis

Our extinction crisis

Bass Coast community groups are playing their part in conserving habitat for threatened species, writes Lauren Burns

A watery makeover …

A watery makeover …

Three shapes knee-deep in mud off the Queensferry foreshore spark Neil Daly’s curiosity.

Looking for Saunders

Looking for Saunders

Deep in lockdown, Vilya Congreave was privileged to follow the strange journey of a Saunders case moth.

The Cyan Way

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

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

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

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 …

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

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).