The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has strongly welcomed the announcement from the McGowan Government that part of the Roe 8 highway reserve through the Beeliar Wetlands will be rezoned from ‘Road Reserve’ to...

Western Australia’s peak environment group has congratulated Energy Minister Ben Wyatt, Western Power, and Synergy on the Powerbank Battery Trial that will allow households to access remote battery storage for excess energy generated by...

The state’s peak environment group has renewed its call for WA’s biggest polluter to comply with Ministerial Conditions on its giant Gorgon LNG processing facility, saying that its refusal to ‘offset’ its carbon pollution...

Environment groups have renewed their call for protection of South West native forests to generate carbon credits and protect wildlife – a move which independent research suggests would be more profitable than the current...

More than fifty of Australia’s top scientists and experts have delivered an open letter to the WA Government today, calling for a permanent ban on gas fracking to prevent a massive increase in carbon...

Western Australia’s peak conservation organisation has renewed its call on the McGowan Government to implement its election commitment to “strengthen the Biodiversity Conservation Act” to prevent the extinction of some of WA’s most iconic...

Environment groups have renewed calls for an urgent transition of the South West forest industry, as set out by the Forests For Life plan to protect wildlife habitat and timber industry jobs, and to...

Conservation groups have called on the McGowan Government to keep its pre-election promises on fracking and to release the final report of the Fracking Inquiry, which was handed to Government yesterday.

In August, we saw several concerning developments, from weak wildlife protection laws, to land clearing at Ningaloo, and even the release of a disturbing proposal for the Kimberley by the Morrison Government. But thanks...

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 commitment to...

Western Australia’s peak conservation organisation has welcomed the appointment of regional WA-based MP Melissa Price to the role of Australia’s Minister for the Environment, calling on the new Minister to take a science-based approach...

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 permit provided...

This month has been full of action! From climate change to wildlife protection laws, local campaigns, and even an epic walk through the desert, our community has been as busy as ever defending nature...

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 the community...

WA’s peak environment group has welcomed the release of a new Climate Change Policy Statement by WA Local Governments. Endorsed by the WA Local Government Association’s State Council last week, the statement calls for urgent action,...

Conservation efforts to protect the charismatic but threatened Fairy Tern are about to receive a boost with the release of a new edition of the Western Australian Fairy Tern Conservation Guide by the Conservation...

The Conservation Council of WA has warned that very large increases in carbon pollution from LNG gas processing in WA were driving Australia’s emissions to record levels, and risking Australia’s international obligations under the...

Conservation groups have congratulated the McGowan Government on the lightweight plastic bag ban coming into force yesterday, as a significant step towards tackling WA’s plastic pollution.

First of all, a massive thank you to everyone who donated to our end of financial year appeal! Thank you so much for partnering with us and thousands of people across Western Australia, to...

Gas pollution problem is costing jobs and harming the environment Conservation groups have responded to the announcement that the Chevron Wheatstone LNG project has reached a milestone, by releasing images of pollution and gas...

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. 

Did you attend one of our Eco May 2018 activities during the month of May? We were excited to promote over 100 fantastic eco-themed events and activities, organised by members of our community all...

Analysis of the WA State Budget and what it means for the environment

The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has welcomed a review of conditions imposed on WA’s largest polluter to control carbon pollution from the giant Gorgon LNG facility on Barrow Island.