The Conservation Council of WA is celebrating 21 years of its prestigious Community Conservation Awards. The annual awards recognise outstanding achievement by individuals and community groups in the conservation and protection of the natural...

Media Release - 25 November 2015 Conservation groups today welcomed the introduction of new biodiversity legislation into the WA State Parliament by Hon. Albert Jacob Minister for the Environment and Heritage. Environment groups, scientists and community...

MEDIA RELEASE: Thursday 19th November Shareholders at Perth based company Paladin’s AGM will call for the non-operational Kayelekera uranium mine in Malawi to be closed and rehabilitated. Calls for rehabilitation follow years of community opposition to...

MEDIA RELEASE: Wednesday 18th November Local Aboriginal people and environment groups will ask shareholders to withdraw support for Toro Energy highlighting community opposition to the company’s uranium mine plans and a flat lining uranium market at...

Western Australia’s peak environment group has renewed calls for a ban on gas fracking in WA following the release of a Parliamentary Inquiry report into the unconventional gas industry in the state.

CCWA Media Release – 13 November 2015 Western Australia’s peak environment group has welcomed the announcement of a Taskforce to plan a transition for Collie away from its reliance on coal industries.  

CCWA Director Piers Verstegen said "This agreement stacks the table against the growing number of communities and landowners across WA who are trying to protect their land and water from the prospect of polluting, invasive...

Conservation groups highlight fracking risks to shareholders at Norwest Energy AGM Shareholders at Norwest Energy AGM today were met by conservation groups today highlighting community and industry opposition to the company’s gas fracking plans...

After another action-packed and exciting year at CCWA it is good to take a moment to reflect how the WA community conservation sector and its peak body is travelling, and what has been achieved...

Spring Eco Fest is a free community event which celebrates and inspires sustainable living and will take place on Sunday the 8th of November at Northbridge Piazza. 

Community groups and conservationists have responded to the WA Government’s shale and tight gas framework, which reveals the much larger scale and relentless progress of fracking – and still gives no say for communities. 

At their recent State Conference the WA Nationals Party considered two important issues for regional WA – renewable energy and gas fracking.

Conservation and environment groups have congratulated the WA Government on an important step towards the creation of a world-class conservation area in the Kimberley to be jointly managed with Traditional Owners. 

Spring Eco Fest is a free community event that brings a celebration of our WA environment and sustainable community living to the heart of the city. The event is organised annually by the Conservation Council...

Parliament must not block local community action to protect the environment

On Tuesday 40,000 people stood up for WA’s environment – even Colin couldn’t stay away!

State and National environment organisations have reinforced their strong opposition to the planned Yeelirrie uranium mine following the release of Cameco’s Public Environment Review (PER). 

Conservation groups have raised serious environmental concerns following the announcement of a gas fracking program by Buru Energy near Nookanbah in the Kimberley by Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion.

The Save Beeliar Wetlands Community group has today lodged an application with the WA Supreme Court seeking judicial review of the environmental approval for the proposed Roe Highway extension, the first section of the...

The Conservation Council of WA has welcomed today’s advice from the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties against the sale of uranium to India.

Knitting Nannas, farmers and conservationists are among WA community members sending a message this week to oil and gas conference delegates in Fremantle, letting them know that their industry’s fracking plans are not welcome....

Almost two-thirds of Canning voters support Labor’s 50% renewable energy target (48.6% Libs) 23% of undecided voters rate renewables as their most important issue Renewable energy third most important issue behind economy and jobs...

Conservation groups, trade unions and farmers congratulated delegates at the ALP State Conference this weekend after the party adopted a moratorium on gas fracking across the state.  

Once again a WA by election is poised to change the direction of our nation as the politics of renewable energy in WA suddenly become very interesting.