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New Biodiversity Regulations will not protect wildlife – stronger laws required
September 18, 2018
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...
Read More ShareReview shows forest industry transition needed to protect wildlife and jobs
September 13, 2018
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...
Read More ShareGovernment must keep promises on fracking; Inquiry report should be released
September 13, 2018
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.
Read More ShareAugust 2018
September 02, 2018
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...
Read More ShareIndustrial agriculture and dams not wanted in the Kimberley
August 30, 2018
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...
Read More ShareAustralia’s new Environment Minister urged to take science-based approach
August 28, 2018
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...
Read More ShareInstead of a ‘Quick No’ the bulldozers are heading for Ningaloo
August 17, 2018
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...
Read More ShareWhat Federal Labor’s climate change policies would mean for WA
July 13, 2018
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...
Read More ShareNew WA Local Government climate policy shows the way forward
July 12, 2018
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,...
Read More ShareFairy Terns The Focus For New Community-Based Conservation Guide
July 06, 2018
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...
Read More ShareChevron’s gas pollution blowout driving Australian emissions to record levels
July 03, 2018
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...
Read More ShareMcGowan Government congratulated on plastic bag ban
July 02, 2018
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.
Read More ShareChevron takes the lead as WA’s largest polluter
June 15, 2018
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...
Read More ShareIt's time for an independent inquiry into prescribed burning
June 02, 2018
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.
Read More ShareState Budget 2018 – 2019 Response
May 11, 2018
Analysis of the WA State Budget and what it means for the environment
Read More ShareReview of WA’s largest polluter welcomed
May 10, 2018
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.
Read More ShareResidents, scientists in bid to save Red Tailed Cockatoo roost from bulldozers
May 10, 2018
Community groups and scientists have joined forces in a bid to save one of Perth’s most significant roosting sites for threatened Red Tailed Black Cockatoos, which they say is under imminent threat from an...
Read More ShareEvidence based approach to shark safety welcome
May 09, 2018
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has welcomed a statement from Fisheries Minister Dave Kelly, confirming that the McGowan Government would maintain an evidence based approach to shark safety.
Read More ShareRepairing your stuff - it's not just about saving money
May 07, 2018
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 something "just...
Read More ShareApril 2018
May 01, 2018
What an incredible month! Whether you were part of our General Meeting, Environment Matters, film night to Protect Ningaloo - or something else - there were plenty of ways to protect our wildlife and...
Read More ShareOutback carbon farming will benefit environment and create jobs as part of new clean economy
April 18, 2018
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has welcomed the announcement that the McGowan Government will allow carbon farming trials on pastoral leases in Western Australia’s vast rangelands, as a step towards an emerging clean...
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