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Can development happen without displacement? Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood is a test case

Neighborhood investments meant to improve housing and opportunity often spark fears of gentrification and displacement. That worry is playing out in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood, where a stalled Second Avenue housing project sits blocks from the 178-acre Hazelwood Green riverfront development.

The Conversation · Oct 1

Pittsburgh’s former steel mill site is transforming into hub for robotics, biotech, housing & parks

After decades of lying vacant, Pittsburgh’s former steel mill site Hazelwood Green is finally seeing major redevelopment. Since 2022, around 700,000 square feet has been developed or is under construction, including Carnegie Mellon’s robotics centre, Pitt’s BioForge facility, housing, parks and a football field. More technology, retail and housing projects…

The Times of India · Sep 15

Victoria to get first publicly owned windfarm with 33-turbine Latrobe valley project

Advocates say State Electricity Commission’s $650m Delburn windfarm will be a ‘new chapter’ for region previously home to Hazelwood coal power station

The Guardian - AU · Dec 23, 2025

Hazelwood mine rehabilitation plan to be assessed amid environmental concerns

The federal government will investigate the potential environmental effects of rehabilitating the Hazelwood mine in Victoria's east amid concern it could contaminate waterways.

ABC News · Feb 22, 2023

Smoke exposure from intense fires linked to long-term respiratory and cardiovascular disease

Scientists studying 2014 Hazelwood coalmine fire say breathing in tiny particles is linked to increased emergency presentations

The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2023

Fears Hazelwood coal mine will become a toxic lake if flooded before clean-up

Environment groups fear a proposal to flood a former Victorian coal mine will create a toxic lake that may contaminate other water sources unless more is done to clean up the site.

ABC News · Sep 18, 2022

Australia's largest coal plant will close 7 years early – but there's still no national plan for coal's inevitable demise

In a major step forward for Australia’s clean energy transition, the country’s biggest coal-fired power station Eraring is set to close seven years early in 2025, Origin Energy announced this morning.

The Conversation · Feb 17, 2022

Victorian government orders Environmental Effects Statement on plans to turn Hazelwood mine into lake

The Victorian government wants to know what the environmental impact will be if a giant old mine site in the Latrobe Valley is turned into a lake bigger than Sydney Harbour.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2022