On Tuesday 6 March 2019, the Kalgoorlie Miner reported, Traditional Owners, hope for a uranium mine u-turn.  A group of Traditional Owners are crossing their fingers a Supreme Court of Appeals decision will go...

The Conservation Council of Western Australia (CCWA) and three Tjiwarl Traditional Owners have continued their landmark legal bid to prevent the extinction of multiple species and protect Aboriginal lands from uranium mining at Yeelirrie,...

In case you didn’t see the article below are the details that effectively and continually instill the risk and denial associated with the proposed Mulga Rock uranium project. 

We are so excited for our first ever nuclear news now being available through this blog and on social media! Nuclear News is a weekly newsletter of events and actions in WA of our...

One of Australia’s peak environment groups has labeled the Morrison Government’s climate plan an outrageous exercise in making taxpayers clean up rising pollution from the fossil fuel industry, revealing that emissions from just one...

New Government priorities contain strong environmental focus Western Australia’s peak environment group has strongly welcomed the inclusion of new and visionary conservation targets, as well as waste management and recycling goals, as part of...

Western Australia’s leading environment group, the Conservation Council of WA (CCWA), has hailed the decision handed down today by a NSW court to reject a coal mine in the Hunter Valley on climate change...

A newly-released OECD Review of Australia’s Environmental Performance has singled out WA’s growing LNG industry as a primary driver of Australia’s rising carbon pollution, noting that the ‘rapid increase in emissions’ from this sector...

On the last day of 2018, we would like to thank you for everything you've worked for this year. Thank you for believing in a better world, and for donating and taking action to...

In October, our community got active around two major climate change issues - gas fracking and pollution from liquefied natural gas (LNG).

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 least here...

Western Australia’s peak environment group has released an analysis of the WA Fracking Inquiry’s findings on climate change and carbon pollution, revealing how the Inquiry used highly questionable assumptions to downplay the climate change...

Western Australia’s peak environment group has called on the LNG Jobs Taskforce to focus on the huge job creation opportunities that are immediately available in WA, by LNG companies addressing their rapidly rising carbon...

The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has welcomed today’s announcement that the McGowan Government will develop a state climate change policy, recognising that Western Australia has an important role to play in addressing the...

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 shows people...

Vimy Resourceshas relied on heroic assumptions about prices, unfounded optimism about a booming nuclear industry, and has ignored regulatory risks and mine closure costs in its Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) for the proposed Mulga...

Published in the Kalgoorlie Miner, Monday 26th November 2018 Jo Vallentine & Mia Pepper 10 years ago this week the Barnett government lifted the long-standing ban on uranium mining in WA. The Barnett government...

The state’s peak environment group has released independent analysis from RepuTex Energy, revealing around 4,000 new jobs would be created in land management, renewable energy, and other industries if the state government reinstated and...

Conservation groups are urging Premier Mark McGowan to uphold his election commitments to undertake a ‘full analysis of lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions’ from fracking, and to maintain the moratorium on fracking if it ‘contributed...

Conservation groups have welcomed the announcement of climate and renewable energy targets by Federal Labor leader Bill Shorten today, but warned that a decision by the WA Government to allow fracking would undermine the...

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, together we...

Saturday 17 November 2018 marked 10 years since former Premier Colin Barnett lifted the ban on uranium mining in the State.  Barnett promised 10 mines by 2020 and today we can say proudly that...

A historic alliance has seen the state’s peak environment group join forces with four wheel drive associations at the Perth 4WD and Adventure Show this weekend.

Some of Australia’s most prominent voices including Paul Kelly, Jimmy Barnes, John Butler, Peter Garrett, Missy Higgins, Tim Winton, Fiona Stanley, Janet Holmes a Court, Carmen Lawrence and Peter Newman have united in a...