WA has a history of political parties and conservative leaders badly misjudging the mood of the electorate on environmental issues, including at election time. It happened in 2001 when the Gallop Labor Government was...

Western Australia’s peak environment group has warned that the Liberal party’s attack on renewable energy - involving full page ads in community newspapers and ‘robo-calls’ to voters in marginal seats - is a cynical...

The RenewWA alliance, Conservation Council of WA, and Curtin University will hold a public forum this evening with international renewable energy and new industry development expert Professor Peter Droege, to discuss the potential for...

An internationally renowned health academic is to argue for a cessation of the unconventional gas and fracking industry until risks to public health and environment can be proven not to occur. 

Households and businesses will be denied the benefits of cheaper and cleaner electricity, and the State will miss out on new jobs and investment if the next State Government does not introduce a Renewable...

Religious leaders are uniting to warn about the dangers of fracking ahead of a public forum to be held next week at St George’s Cathedral, Perth.

We’re only a few weeks into 2017 and it’s already shaping up to be one of the most powerful years for WA’s environment yet. Find out why in your highlights below!

Dear Albert Jacob, Minister for the Environment I draw your urgent attention to an extremely alarming situation unfolding in the Beeliar Wetlands, which concerns not only serious and ongoing non-compliance with your Ministerial Conditions...

Western Australia’s peak environment group has welcomed the release of a Climate Consensus Statement supported by a broad alliance of groups including farmers, churches, unions, and doctors. The groups are asking all political parties...

A diverse group of 40 signatories representing Western Australian health professionals, religious leaders, farmers, renewable industry experts, environmentalists, and unions are today launching a joint statement calling on all parties leading into the WA...

An unprecedented alliance of local, state and national environment and conservation groups has unveiled a plan for protecting WA’s environment and transitioning to a low pollution economy ahead of the State election in March.

Emeritus Professor John Bailey, the convenor of the Leeuwin Group of Concerned Scientists, said, “Recent Court findings and Government decisions have demonstrated that WA needs to join the rest of the country and establish...

A local producer is warning about the dangers posed to food security and tourism by fracking as the industry prepares to roll-out operations across the state, including the Swan Valley.

State and national environment groups condemn yesterday’s decision by the Environment Minister to approve the Yeelirrie uranium mine, which the EPA recommended be rejected in August 2016.

A local family is warning about the dangers posed to health by fracking as the industry prepares to roll-out operations across the state, including close to the metro area.

For many people who have been introduced to the Roe 8 toll road and the Beeliar Wetlands via their recent nightly news, they might be wondering what all the fuss is about.

Media Release – 10/01/17 State and National Environment groups have raised concerns and alarm at the fast-tracking of uranium mine assessments by the State Government ahead of the WA election, following the granting of...

Opponents of the Perth Freight Link and Roe 8 toll road have vowed to maintain their fight to hold the Barnett Government to account over irreversible impacts on endangered wildlife.

Growing community opposition to Roe 8, the first component of the Perth Freight Link, received a major boost today with Labor leader Mark McGowan committing to axe the project if elected and the State...

Thank you for making 2016 such a powerful year for protecting WA's environment! Whether you were defending our beautiful State against the threat of fracking, uranium mining, or land clearing, you have banded together...

Those of us anxiously reading the runes for signs of what the Trump administration means for human health and the environment needn’t spend too long ruminating on gloomy hypotheticals.

MEDIA RELEASE MONDAY 19th DECEMBER  Environment groups and Aboriginal Community member will step up their efforts against Vimy Resources’ proposed Mulga Rock uranium mine, 240 kilometres north-east of Kalgoorlie, following the decision by the...

Members of the community gathered outside the High Court in Perth this morning, supporting Save Beeliar Wetlands in their bid to challenge the first stage of the $1.9 billion Perth Freight Link project.

The State’s peak environment organisation has strongly criticised the WA Environmental Protection Authority for buckling to industry and Government pressure by omitting climate change and carbon pollution from its revised policy guideline for environmental...