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 be placed...

A new report from Global Energy Monitor shows that Western Australia’s rapidly expanding liquified natural gas (LNG) export industry is a leading contributor to climate change, and expanding LNG capacity globally is on a...

We have just returned from an awesome 4 day trip to Kalgoorlie and the area of the proposed Mulga Rock uranium project.  It was a full on four days to connect and support the...

Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) Director Piers Verstegen said that there is much to lament after the election, but the words in the statement of reasons for the approval of the Yeelirrie uranium mine...

Western Australia’s peak environment group has called on Commonwealth Minister Angus Taylor to provide evidence to support his recent claims that Western Australia’s biggest polluters are actually helping the climate.

Western Australia’s peak conservation group has responded to the release of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)’s climate change guidance statement, labeling the EPA’s approach as a ‘lifeline’ for WA’s biggest polluters in the liquified...

Western Australia’s peak environment group is seeking urgent clarification from the WA Government on a carbon pollution reduction target for WA, after it was reported that Environment Minister Stephen Dawson has ruled out a...

Data on carbon pollution from Australian states and territories released today by the Australian Department of Environment and Energy shows that out-of-control growth in LNG pollution in WA is putting Australia’s Paris targets at...

Environment groups have welcomed Premier McGowan’s statement at an oil and gas conference that the WA Government would consider going it alone on climate policy, saying such action could deliver thousands of new jobs...

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 will be...

Conservation groups have welcomed moves towards improving transparency and increased publication of data on wildlife habitat clearing, as part of an announcement by the McGowan Government.

The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has condemned the federal approval of the Yeelirrie uranium project as secretive and driven by politics rather than due process. Environment Minister Melissa Price, the member for Durack,...

Conservation groups have renewed calls for the State Government to take urgent action against WA’s biggest polluter, following revelations that Chevron’s ongoing failure to meet pollution control conditions at its Barrow Island LNG project...

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, in a...

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, in a...

The state’s peak environment group has welcomed Lands Minister Ben Wyatt’s announcement that Crown Land will not be sold to the City of Melville to make way for a wave park, and has urged...

New data released by the State and Commonwealth Governments points to a major spike in carbon pollution from liquified natural gas (LNG) production in Western Australia, making WA LNG the primary driver of national...

Welcome to 2019! We hope you had a fantastic break, and are looking forward to the exciting events and opportunities that this year holds for us all.

Western Australia’s peak environment group has congratulated the McGowan Government and Environment Minister Stephen Dawson on the passage of legislation to establish a 10c recycling refund scheme for Western Australia, but warned that control...

Western Australia’s peak environment group has said the community overwhelmingly supports action to control WA’s biggest polluters, and that it would continue to press for policies that would prevent new fossil fuel developments in...

As the Premier prepares to meet with liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry representatives, Western Australia’s peak environment group has hit back at claims from the fossil fuel and mining industry that the new Environmental...

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 will also...

Independent analysis from RepuTex Energy has revealed that around 4,000 new jobs would be created in Western Australia’s land management, renewable energy, and other industries if the state government reinstated and strengthened conditions requiring...

Conservation groups have welcomed a new policy on climate change released today by the WA Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), saying it will deliver very significant jobs and environmental benefits.