Gippsland Environment Group Inc
Lobbying against environmental threats on the unceded lands of the GunaiKurnai, Yaitmathang, Ngarigo and Bidwell Peoples
Gippsland Lakes News and Media
Transferring one environmental crisis to another: Hazelwood Rehabilitation Project
Gippsland Environment Group does not support any additional fresh water being extracted from the Latrobe River and diverted from the Gippsland Lakes to fill massive toxic mine voids. The Ramsar listed Gippsland Lakes are already seriously in trouble.
Eminent scientists sound alarm on the Lakes
Concern that one of Australia’s largest coastal lagoon systems is shifting under the combined pressure of climate change, altered freshwater inflows, water extraction across the catchment and longer-term development pressures, including emerging demands linked to large-scale mine rehabilitation.
Don't Sacrifice Gippsland Lakes to Fill Coal Mines
Diverting Latrobe River water to fill toxic coal mine voids threatens the Gippsland Lakes and ecosystems downstream
Gippsland Lakes a putrid mess. Calls for an audit of the Gippsland Lakes
Salinity levels continue to cause concern for Gippsland Lakes
Rising salinity levels in the world-renowned Gippsland Lakes is putting the wetlands at risk, with a recent government report acknowledging it did not know the long-term risks of the problem.
The AGE November 2014
Scathing EPA Report of the Lakes
The EPA report presented in May 2013 clearly states that the deepening of the entrance by Gippsland Ports was responsible for the increased salinity of the Gippsland Lakes.
GEG Media Release