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Collie coal workers have kept our lights on for decades, but they are being kept in the dark about their future
After a rare moment of truth, it's immediately back to business as usual for the McGowan Government on coal, as climate and energy policy are once again sacrificed on the altar of...
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Extinction |
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Conservation council of western australia
Extinction is the worst and most permanent form of environmental damage. It should be outlawed but it isn’t
An epic two-year court case, focused on the fate of obscure underground creatures in remote Western Australia, has turned our comfortable notion of environmental protection on its head, proving that Australia’s environment...
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Why the WA Government tried to hide its fracking implementation plan
The WA Government must have been embarrassed about its fracking implementation plan, which was slipped quietly onto a government website late on Friday evening to ensure it avoided any public attention. With...
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New rules for big polluters - a briefing note for EPA submissions
The WA Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is inviting submissions on its draft Greenhouse Gas Assessment Guidelines to help determine the how new projects should be assessed, and what controls and limits should...
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Climate Voter Scorecard 2019
The world’s leading scientists have issued an urgent alarm, saying that this is the critical decade for action on climate change and the environment. This means the policies of the next Australian Government...
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New WA 20-year logging agreement is a disgrace that must be revoked
Conservation groups have reacted with dismay and anger to the news that the McGowan Government has signed a new 20-year logging deal with the Morrison Government on the eve of an election,...
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Big oil and gas are wrong. EPA’s climate policy is good for jobs and the climate
The WA Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)'s updated policy on climate change has the potential to be a major employment driver, and deliver a huge environmental and economic opportunity for Western Australians. It...
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Change in Energy Minister could send bad signal
In the past, it has been considered normal to combine the Ministerial portfolio of Energy with the separate portfolio of Mines and Petroleum, giving both responsibilities to the single Minster - at...
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Behind the Spin: Why McGowan’s fracking policy will be a barnacle on his government
The response to the announcement by Premier McGowan that Western Australia would be opened up to fracking has been one of first disbelief, followed by anger for thousands of Western Australians. History...
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Community Conservation Awards 2018
On Saturday 17 November, members of the community gathered at Perth Waldorf School for the CCWA Community Conservation Awards 2018. Hosted by our President Prof. Carmen Lawrence and Vice President Tim Barling,...
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Industrial agriculture and dams not wanted in the Kimberley
Conservation groups have dismissed new calls for the large-scale expansion of industrial irrigated agriculture and dams in the Kimberley’s Fitzroy Valley, instead urging the WA Government to continue work towards its election...
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Instead of a ‘Quick No’ the bulldozers are heading for Ningaloo
Very soon, a bulldozer will arrive on a truck to begin clearing native vegetation and important wildlife habitat on the sensitive banks of the Exmouth Gulf, following the approval of a clearing...
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Politics
What Federal Labor’s climate change policies would mean for WA
Last night, Federal Shadow Minister for Climate and Energy, Mark Butler, spoke at a forum on climate change hosted by Josh Wilson, Labor candidate for Fremantle. It was an important opportunity for...
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It's time for an independent inquiry into prescribed burning
SENSITIVE CONTENT WARNING: This blog contains a photo of a mother Western Ringtail Possum which perished in a prescribed burn in a nature reserve in 2017.
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Repairing your stuff - it's not just about saving money
In our throwaway society, advertisers tell us that we love to shop. To acquire new things, we often have to ditch old possessions when space becomes an issue. We make excuses when...
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Single use plastic is akin to the scourge of smoking
I don’t think I’m overstating it when I say that the scourge of single use plastics have become akin to the scourge of smoking. We know how dangerous it is, yet our...
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One year on, what is happening with Roe 8?
All may not be as it seems with the state’s most controversial road project. The fateful decision to begin clearing endangered Banksia woodland surrounding the Beeliar Wetlands in the weeks leading...
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Chevron’s pollution is killing our baby sea turtles
For millennia, sea turtles have been making an incredible journey. The ancient creatures swim thousands of kilometers, returning to their place of birth at Barrow Island off the Pilbara coast every year....
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The incredible 20 year battle to save Bungalbin and protect the Helena and Aurora Range
For those who don’t know or haven’t been to visit this amazing place in the Kaprun Nation, it is one of the last Banded Ironstone Formation (BIF) Ranges that remains completely untouched...
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Volunteer Wendy reveals conservation secrets lost for decades
Anyone who has visited the CCWA office over the past few months will have noticed that we have been clearing out our old archives to make space for storage in the CCWA...
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Community Conservation Award Winners 2017
On Saturday 18 November, members of the community gathered at Cockburn Education Wetlands Centre for the CCWA Community Conservation Awards 2017. Hosted by our President Prof. Carmen Lawrence and Vice President Tim...
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Environment Groups’ Joint Position on Perth Peel Strategic Assessment
The Perth Peel region is not only the focus of the majority of WA’s population and economic activity, but is also the jewel in the biodiversity crown of the South West International...
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Fracking claims put to the test
Here at CCWA we are always amused by the latest claims made by the chief publicist for the fracking industry Stedman Ellis - also the Chief Operating Officer WA for the Australian...
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Push for Kimberley fracking project despite community-backed moratorium
Thanks to the strong community behind the Frack Free Future campaign across the state, there is currently a moratorium on fracking in WA under the McGowan Government. That means no fracking – at...
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