Safe Climate and Sustainable Transport Campaigner, Environment Victoria

Environment Victoria is involved in a major campaign at the moment to stop a proposed new coal-fired power station for Victoria called HRL.

If this power station goes ahead, it will be the first coal-fired power station to be built in Victoria for 20 years. It will increase our greenhouse pollution by millions of tonnes each year and lock us into polluting, out-of-date technology for decades to come.

We need to stop this big polluter from going ahead, and move to a clean renewable energy future as soon as possible.

But How?

Environment Victoria is spearheading a major campaign to stop this new coal-fired power station from going ahead. We've got a two tiered strategy that we're confident can stop HRL in their tracks. But we need your help to make the strategy a reality.

#1. We're appealing the decision to approval HRL in the courts
We're currently in VCAT in to argue that new coal-fired power stations shouldn't be approved as ‘best practice' in this day and age. If we win, no new polluting coal-fired power station will ever be built again in Victoria - a lasting legacy for our environment.

#2. We're coordinating a MONSTER petition
We are asking the Federal Government to withdraw their funding of the power station. If you would like to voice you support for this campaign, download and sign the petition, available here: http://www.environmentvictoria.org.au/no-new-coal/petition

The State and Federal Government's have put $150 million of taxpayer money on the table to make HRL a reality. In fact, at this stage, they're the only ones putting money into it, as Australia's big four banks have made it clear that they aren't supporting the project. We need to make sure no new funders come on board and the best way to do that is to have the funding that they've already got - from our governments - withdrawn.

Right now we've got a real shot at convincing the Federal Government to withdraw the $100 million that they've put forward. That's why we're coordinating a major petition to the Federal Government calling on them to withdraw their funding. We're aiming to gather 10,000 signatures in hard copy from across Victoria by the end of the year (it's required to be in hard copy because we'll be tabling the petition in Federal Parliament).

It's a mammoth task, but we're confident that with your help we can get there.