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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Climate crisis consultation

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

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  • 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.

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  • Climate debate to heat up

    Colac Otway Shire Council could stop short of acknowledging a climate “emergency”, with debate likely to heat up on Wednesday.

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