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The Coast council has given people power a boost with it’s call this week for expressions of interest for alternatives to the State Government’s controversial Eerwah Vale power lines plan.
Read the article below by Isobel Coleman that appeared in the Noosa Journal on 31 December 2009.

QUEENSLAND Government lies over the Traveston Crossing dam proposal should be subject to an independent public inquiry, according to Gympie Federal MP Warren Truss.

As Mary Valley residents celebrated the end of the dam proposal, Mr Truss said the state government had wasted up to $865 million on an unapproved project backed by significantly flawed environmental [...]

The proposed Powerlink project will directly affect prime koala habitat and nature corridors.
Hear what Peter Garrett, Federal Environment Minister, is doing about listing the Koala as an endangered species.  Also interviewed is Deborah Tabart from the Australian Koala Foundation.

Or use this link Koala Under Threat - 7pm Project - The Koala Coverage starts at around [...]

The following article appeared in the Noosa Journal. Please show your support by joining the rally in Brisbane on Friday 25 September.
Why Noosa backs koala rally

For those of you who missed the Today Tonight story on koalas, you can now view the story on the web (program date:  2 September 2009).
http://au.video.yahoo.com/playlist/3964738?o=70 and go to number 95 … “The End Of Our Furry Friends”
Source:  Today Tonight show - Channel 7 - 2 September 2009

One of our PAGE members has sponsored an e-petition on the Queensland Government website. We would appreciate you taking 2 minutes of your time to sign the e-petition at the following address:
http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/EPetitions_QLD/CurrentEPetition.aspx?PetNum=1290
Thanks for all of your support.

Petition Details
Subject: Proposed construction of high voltage overhead power lines by Powerlink from Ridgewood to Eerwah Vale
Eligibility: Queensland Residents
Sponsoring [...]

NEWS broadcasts yesterday headlined reports of power outages across Victoria which left thousands of homes without electricity.
On Monday and Tuesday, it was Sydney’s turn to succumb to winds generated from a strong cold front which cut power to nearly 10,000 homes as electricity lines came down.
The weather was by no means unusual, nor was the [...]

Dear Mr Editor,
I would like to introduce myself and make you aware of sad news for the Southeast of Queensland. I am a spanish medical doctor who emigrated to Australia from the UK 10 years ago. I settled in the hinterland of Noosa, a famous tourist seatown north of Brisbane. Its national park is famous [...]

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, [...]