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The draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) released for 70 kilometres of high voltage powerlines and pylons proposed for Woolooga to Eerwah Vale has come under fire from environmental experts.
Five specialists have spoken out against the impact assessment, including environmental scientist and director of ATP Environmental Adam Presnell, in a submission by the Powerlines Action Group [...]

Michael Maidens of Oceanic Drive at Warana has become the 500th resident to sign on for the Sunshine Coast Environment Council/Sunshine Coast Daily 1000 Roof Solar Challenge.
Mr Maidens was presented with an energy meter to mark the milestone but for his motivation was to do something positive about climate change and to reduce his own [...]

Today, one of the biggest players in communications, Cisco Systems, has announced an ambitious plan to position itself as the centerpiece of the Smart Grid. The company briefed SGN in advance of its announcement. SGN Founding Editor Jesse Berst analyzes what Cisco is planning and what it means for other players.
Telecom powerhouse Cisco Systems has [...]

The smart network would send its data through the power network

Global electricity networks could become smart grids that can help us monitor and control our energy usage, if plans from net firm Cisco take off.
The giant US firm, whose technology helps underpin the net, is building a two-way link into electricity grids.
Smart grids would [...]

THE biggest expansion of electricity networks around Sydney in half a century will let power companies build 76 substations and upgrade another 76 over five years, sparking fears about their long-term impact on health and property values.
Residents in Ryde have accused EnergyAustralia of secretly buying a disused hardware shop and convenience store in a residential [...]

Covering Letter
Powerlines Action Group Eumundi (PAGE) is a community group formed to ensure that the wider community interests are served when considering how to provide energy for sustainable development on the Sunshine Coast.
With this in mind, PAGE wish to work constructively with the Queensland Government and its agencies to deal with the two key issues [...]

The following documents comprise PAGE’s submission to the draft EIS, and were submitted to Parsons Brinckerhoff 15 May 2009.
Supplementary papers to this submission will be provided by 29 May.

Cover letter (72kB)

Contents page (36kB)

Letter and Executive Summary (164kB)

Community Issues Matrix – Chapters 2-12 (796kB)

Community Issues Matrix – Chapters 13-22 (696kB)

Community Issues Matrix – Appendices (656kB)

Appendix [...]

Community members endeavouring to respond to a 1900-page Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) regarding high voltage powerlines and pylons have called an extension granted by project proponent Powerlink as ‘half-hearted’.
“We’re calling it for what it is – a half-hearted attempt to quell community discontent,” said Dr John Cronin, spokesperson for the Powerline Action Group of [...]

Each week emails flow into my inbox from people whose expectations for the future are being adversely affected by the impacts of growth.

Whether it be those trying to ward off the ill-conceived Traveston Crossing Dam, those in the path of Powerlink’s one-track energy delivery system, those awaiting the rollout of the northern pipeline to the [...]

A 70-strong crowd filled the Eumundi CWA Hall on Saturday afternoon (2 May), issuing a resounding call to Premier Anna Bligh to give them and other local residents affected by proposed high voltage powerlines and pylons a ‘fair go’.
The gathering unanimously passed a motion calling on Ms Bligh to interject in interest of fair community [...]