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NEWS 11 NOV 2014
Renewable energy at Parks Victoria lighthouses
An energy audit by Parks Victoria identified numerous hidden costs associated with the operation of remote lighthouse stations. As a consequence there are now plans to install renewable…
NEWS 10 NOV 2014
Commissioner says strong government leadership and support of education is imperative to attain sustainability
In presenting her report Strategic Audit – Addressing our future (Environmental Management Systems January 2010) to government and the people of Victoria today, the Commissioner for Environmental…
NEWS 10 NOV 2014
Commissioner says better appreciation of co-benefits of resource efficiency and environmental sustainability needed
The Structures for Sustainability 2011 audit report was tabled today in the Victorian Parliament. The report prepared by Victoria’s Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability, Professor Kate Auty…
NEWS 10 NOV 2014
Air quality monitoring in Brooklyn, Melbourne
In late 2009, the EPA started an air quality monitoring program in Brooklyn, a suburb 10 km west of the Melbourne city centre. The area had been subject to high levels of particle pollution with the…
NEWS 10 NOV 2014
Commissioner says contracts are powerful mechanisms for improvement of resource efficiency and environmental sustainability
The 2012 strategic audit report Sustainability - designed to be signed, sealed and delivered was tabled today in the Victorian Parliament. The report prepared by Victoria’s Commissioner for…
NEWS 10 NOV 2014
WaterWatch and EstuaryWatch
The Waterwatch and EstuaryWatch community monitoring programs are key components to the Victorian approach for monitoring waterway health. These programs are part of the broader monitoring framework…
NEWS 11 OCT 2014
Protecting Leadbeater's Possum
In 2012, Healesville Sanctuary initiated a captive-breeding program to prevent the extinction of the last lowland Leadbeater’s Possums at Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve. This population has…
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