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Shorten climate and energy plan welcomed but WA fracking would make target unachievable
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...
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Conservation groups and 4WD owners combine tracks in new alliance
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.
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Prominent Australians Unite to call for McGowan fracking ban in the Kimberley
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...
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Roe 8 rezoning welcomed as important step towards permanent protection for Beeliar Wetlands
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...
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Powerbank Battery trial shows way to renewable energy future for WA
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...
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Chevron’s pollution delays costing jobs and the environment
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...
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FPC annual report shows forests worth more standing
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...
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Australia’s top scientists call for WA fracking ban in open letter to WA Parliament
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...
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New Biodiversity Regulations will not protect wildlife – stronger laws required
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...
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Review shows forest industry transition needed to protect wildlife and jobs
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,...
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Government must keep promises on fracking; Inquiry report should be released
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.
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Australia’s new Environment Minister urged to take science-based approach
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...
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New WA Local Government climate policy shows the way forward
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...
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Fairy Terns The Focus For New Community-Based Conservation Guide
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...
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Chevron’s gas pollution blowout driving Australian emissions to record levels
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...
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McGowan Government congratulated on plastic bag ban
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.
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Chevron takes the lead as WA’s largest polluter
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...
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State Budget 2018 – 2019 Response
Analysis of the WA State Budget and what it means for the environment
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Review of WA’s largest polluter welcomed
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.
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Residents, scientists in bid to save Red Tailed Cockatoo roost from bulldozers
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...
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Evidence based approach to shark safety welcome
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.
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Outback carbon farming will benefit environment and create jobs as part of new clean economy
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...
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Australian and International Experts Warn WA Inquiry Against Fracking
With submissions due to the WA Fracking Inquiry by midnight tonight, Western Australian scientists and experts including hydrogeologists, geologists, public health experts, and biologists are warning of the threats that the industry...
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Conservation Council and Traditional Owners continue legal fight to prevent extinction at Yeelirrie
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) and members of the Tjiwarl Native Title group have announced the filing of an appeal against the Supreme Court’s recent decision which upheld the environmental approval...
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