Environment Victoria have found a massive discrepancy with the carbon emissions that Viva claim in their EES that the project will generate. AGL’s failed gas import terminal proposal’s emissions were 9x larger, because they followed the internationally recognised standard for accounting for carbon emissions. Viva is instead doing some ‘creative counting’ to arrive at their lower figure by excluding the …
ACF Community Geelong has released a video highlighting the dangers posed by the transport of liquified natural gas (LNG) to more than 8000 residents on the Mornington and Bellarine peninsulas if a floating gas terminal proposed for Geelong goes ahead. Geelong Renewables Not Gas, the campaign being run by ACF Community Geelong, is concerned about possible safety and security risks …
Industry and community leaders have endorsed The Roadmap to Zero Emissions: Geelong region Jobs Analysis report as the first step in how the transition to renewables should proceed and how it is already playing out. Find the report here. The report, jointly commissioned by ACF Community Geelong and Geelong Sustainability, concludes that with coordinated planning at all levels of government …
ACF Community Geelong and Geelong Sustainability have tabled the results of a research project which, with coordinated planning in government, would see the creation in the greater Geelong region of more than 24,000 new jobs in in various sectors ranging from building retrofits, renewable energy generation, manufacturing and electric transport in the next five years. The jobs will be created …
ACF Community Geelong is staging a picnic at Moorpanyal Park, North Shore to protest at Viva Energy’s proposal to build a floating gas terminal adjacent to its Corio Refinery. The picnic, next Sunday November 7 from 12 noon until 2pm, follows the recent online forum which attracted 250 residents wanting to know about the potential risks posed by a gas …
“Viva Energy’s spokesman needs to know that the words “unlikely” (ignition) and “rare” (terror attack) are hardly reassuring to local residents or those in the wider community. There is no 100 percent guarantee against terrorism or human error. Viva Energy’s planned LNG terminal in Corio Bay is an unacceptable risk,” wrote Kate P of North Shore to the Editor of …
A panel of speakers with expertise in the oil and gas industry, environment and recreational fishing will answer Geelong residents’ questions about the risks associated with Viva Energy’s bid to build a potentially dangerous and polluting gas import terminal in Corio Bay at an online meeting next week. Sally Fisher of Geelong Renewables Not Gas said “Many people live within …
Despite a veritable tsunami of scientific evidence against the argument that gas is a transition fuel, there remains a group of investors – at home and abroad- who are in denial and, like too many of our MPs, believe in this fallacy.
In Australia, there are no nationally consistent regulations for LNG import terminals. We need new laws that are aligned with latest international best practice.
Residents from the Geelong suburbs adjacent to where Viva Energy proposes a floating gas terminal in Corio Bay have every reason to be disillusioned at how the company has so far answered their questions about safety. At a recent public consultation meeting the company did little to allay the concerns of questioners, responding with a mix of motherhood statements about …