Sunshine Coast council has vowed not to support a $130 million electricity transmission line at Eerwah Vale, unless green alternatives are ruled out.
Green energy suppliers have been invited to contact the council to show there are reliable ways to avoid endorsing the transmission line.
Eerwah Vale protest group Powerlines Action Group Eumundi (PAGE) presented its case [...]
[ June 28, 2009; 2:40 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Sunshine Coast – WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
Graham Smith, PAGE Co-ordinator will spend some time with Peter Fries discussing the PAGE campaign.
This is a must.
Details:
Date – Sunday, 28 June 2009
Venue – University of the Sunshine Coast
Local residents yesterday (22 June) had the undivided attention and support of local councillors, when they shone the spotlight on the single biggest challenge facing Sunshine Coast Regional Council’s new vision to become Australia’s most sustainable region.
Invited to present at council’s General Meeting, members of the Powerlines Action Group of Eumundi (PAGE) told councillors of [...]
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has flagged regulatory reforms, more action by state-owned energy utilities and a push to prepare ‘clean energy plans’ for major residential and commercial developments as part of a plan to generate 2,635MW from clean energy by 2020.
In 2008, renewable energy accounted for about 6% (745MW) of Queensland’s total installed generation capacity, [...]
Listen to PAGE’s Co-ordinator being interviewed by Annie Gaffney on ABC Coast FM today.
PAGE interview on ABC Coast FM
(to play – click on the link – 2.3mB)
[ June 22, 2009; 10:00 am to 10:30 am. ] PAGE will be presenting to the next general meeting of Sunshine Coast Regional Council.
This is a public meeting and eveyone is welcome. Your support even more so.
Time: 10am
Date: Monday, 22 June
Place: Nambour Council Offices
Investors and companies are pouring money into smart grid hardware and software. Companies vying to become industry leaders aren’t short on hype.
Cisco Systems calls the smart grid “1,000 times bigger than the Internet.” GE calls it “the biggest investment of the first half of the 21st century.” The Green Chip Review pushes its own reports [...]
Energy conservation and demand management is “an industry imperative”, Terry McConnell of Queensland electricity distributor Energex told a Sydney energy efficiency seminar on Friday.
“I don’t believe that we as an industry can continue to stand by and spend money at the rate we are doing to build poles and wires that are not being used [...]
The discovery of a Brush-tailed Phascogale at West Cooroy proves that hinterland forests contain many hidden treasures, which are all now under genuine risk of extinction due to infrastructure projects earmarked for the Sunshine Coast and Gympie region.
“Brush-tailed Phascogales are rare on the Sunshine Coast,” said Wildlife Volunteers Association (WILVOS) vice-chairperson Donna Anthony.
“Our organisation has [...]
