Articles tagged: Climate change

Time to green up city streets
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago - the second-best time is now.”

Duo returns from Kolkata fest
Colac district’s performing tram conductors Roberto D’Andrea and Tony Graham have returned from their trip to Kolkata for a tram festival.

Share feedback on shire’s climate risks
The Corangamite Shire Council is creating a Climate Change Resilience Plan to help local communities navigate environmental challenges.

Surf Coast looks towards adapting to change
Surf Coast Shire Council has updated its Climate Emergency Response Plan, with enhanced focus on adapting to the impacts of climate change, and addition of an emissions reduction roadmap.

Council will stick to climate group
Colac Otway will remain part of a regional climate alliance, after councillors voted down a push to pull out of the organisation after less than a year.

New climate change statement
Victorian farmers and the State Government have pledged to work together to tackle carbon emissions in the industry and tackle the impacts of climate change.

Climate report for south-west
The State Government has released a new strategy aiming to help south-west Victoria adapt to the impacts of climate change, including on-ground community action.

Letters to the editor
Differing opinions on Australia's obligations with climate change feature in today's letters.

Water chief speaks at UN event
Barwon Water chief Tracey Slatter has featured on the world stage as international leaders discuss climate change.

Lukewarm reception for warming plan
Environmentalists said a lack of a new mid-term target, refusal to slow down fossil fuel industries and limited outcomes for regional Australia weighed down a Federal Government net-zero plan and would see the nation fall further behind in the race to address global warming.

Letters to the editor
Colac Otway Shire Council's decision not to join a regional climate change alliance dominates letters in today's Colac Herald.

Dismay at council’s green targets
Colac environmentalists are repeating calls for stronger short-term climate action from Colac Otway Shire Council, and say current plans don’t go far enough.

Call to scrap fossil fuel plans
Colac Otway climate campaigners have urged the Federal Government to heed a global energy agency’s warning against new fossil fuel investment to prevent drastic global warming impacts.

Emissions target welcomed, but method questioned
The Victorian Government has raised its climate action targets, in a move it says makes the state a world leader in tackling the global crisis.

Climate crisis consultation
Surf Coast Shire Council is seeking community input on people’s climate change experiences, impacts and actions.

Gas going underground
Scientists have started pumping 140 tonnes of carbon dioxide into the ground each day near Port Campbell as they test new technologies.

