Protest in the Park

Join Geelong Renewables Not Gas on Saturday 23 February at 12.00pm for a Protest in the Park. Together, we’ll make a human sign to be photographed from above so we can make sure our decision makers see the strength of community opposition to Viva Energy’s proposed Gas Import Terminal.

Come down for live music and powerful speeches from local activists leading the fight to keep our community safe from this dangerous gas import terminal.

Will you help us make a HUGE stand (literally!) against Viva Energy’s Gas Import Terminal?

Viva's polluting gas terminal is back.

Viva Energy is proposing to build a huge floating gas import terminal in Corio Bay, which would import enormous amounts of fossil gas into Victoria – the equivalent of up to 600,000 tonnes of climate pollution.

Right now Victorians are dealing with cost of living pressures on top of an escalating climate crisis, and Viva’s plan to import gas will be terrible for both.

We need your help to stop it.

After being sent back to the drawing board last year, Viva has done new studies and resubmitted a ‘supplementary’ Environment Effects Statement (EES). The Supplementary EES process has now closed and we await the decision of the Panel. We dont believe that Viva has described the Environmental impacts of this project sufficiently for the community to be confident there will be no negative impacts upon the Bay or our safety.

Viva's import terminal posts a significant threat to our climate goals, health, household budgets and an equitable renewable energy transition.

We must oppose this terminal!

Fossil gas is methane and is responsible for 17% of all emissions in Victoria.

Studies show that ~12% of asthma cases are caused by indoor pollution from gas appliances. The benzene levels emitted can be greater than those from secondhand smoke.

The supply shortfall we hear about refers to the ability to meet demand on peak days in winter. What's needed is not an import terminal, rather substitution and storage. Half of the gas used in Victoria is used in homes, 71% of that is used for heating and 26% for hot water - we can easily substitute that gas usage through electric heat pumps and save those households money in the process. Rather than bring on a new supply of gas for a handful of days a year, Governments should be regulating to ensure that we store gas to get us through those peaks.

An import terminal will take urgency out of the electrification of our society - which hinders Victoria's economy and delays climate action. Because the gas terminal will be importing gas on the international market it will also expose Victorian households who can't afford to transition off gas to increasing international gas prices.

What can you do?

Political change

We need our politicians to develop and act on a comprehensive long-term plan to transition Victoria off fossil gas. This plan should include setting expiry dates for the gas network, stopping connections to new homes, lowering the barriers for existing households to transition and commit to public education campaigns.

Personal change

Get off gas in your own home. Start planning to replace your gas appliances; either when they break down, or when you can in the next few years. Because when your hotwater unit breaks down and you just want a shower, it's too easy to fall into the trap of buying another gas unit.

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