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Winton donates prize money to Ningaloo campaign
March 03, 2018
Tim Winton’s book The Boy Behind the Curtain has won the non-fiction category of the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature for 2018. The biennial awards were announced on Saturday 3 March as part of...
Read More ShareMarina decision a win for community and the environment
March 02, 2018
Western Australia’s peak environment group today congratulated Planning Minister Rita Saffioti for making a responsible decision to reject the Mangles Bay canal-marina development, which responds to the community and protects the environment.
Read More ShareWA pollution out of control under Turnbull’s climate policy
February 27, 2018
Chevron’s pollution permits show Commonwealth climate policy a sham - WA Government must step in to control pollution
Read More ShareScientists warn Rockingham canals could devastate WA’s best loved Penguin colony
February 23, 2018
In an urgent open letter to the WA Environment Minister Stephen Dawson, scientists and experts from all over Australia have warned that WA’s best loved colony of Little Penguins on Penguin Island could be...
Read More ShareThe fight isn’t over to stop the Yeelirrie uranium project
February 08, 2018
Conservation groups and Tjiwarl Traditional Owners have vowed to continue the fight against uranium mining at Yeelirrie in the Northern Goldfields, despite today’s news that their Supreme Court action to halt the mine had...
Read More SharePollution changing sex of sea turtles on Barrow Island: Chevron reports reveal pollution impacts to sea turtles
January 28, 2018
Western Australia’s peak environment group has renewed its call for Chevron to control its spiralling carbon pollution, saying the company’s own monitoring shows the sex of baby turtles born on Barrow Island is changing...
Read More ShareNahan is wrong on Chevron claims: Opposition should be standing up for the interests of Western Australians rather than Chevron’s profits
January 24, 2018
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has said that Mike Nahan and the WA Liberal opposition should get their facts straight and put the interests of Western Australians and the environment ahead of the...
Read More ShareCommunity welcomes Japanese Peace Boat’s first voyage to Fremantle
January 24, 2018
Today the Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) will join community members in welcoming the Japanese Peace Boat’s 96th voyage, which is its first voyage to Fremantle. The national tour is calling on the Japanese...
Read More ShareReview of conditions on WA’s largest climate polluter welcomed as potential win for jobs and environment
January 22, 2018
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has welcomed a review of conditions to control greenhouse gas pollution from Chevron’s Wheatstone LNG project - Western Australia’s largest pollution source – saying the review is a...
Read More ShareHelena and Aurora Range decision praised as step towards permanent protection
December 21, 2017
The state’s peak environment group the Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has congratulated Environment Minister Stephen Dawson and the McGowan Government for today’s announcement rejecting the mining proposal for the Helena and Aurora Range,...
Read More ShareChevron must suspend Barrow Island LNG operations until pollution problem solved
December 19, 2017
5 million tonne pollution problem shows Chevron not taking climate change obligations seriously The admission by Chevron today that millions of tons of extra carbon pollution will be released due to ‘technical difficulties’ at...
Read More ShareFracking ban in South West, Perth, and Peel welcomed
December 08, 2017
Western Australia’s peak environment body the Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) and the Frack Free Future alliance have welcomed the McGowan Government’s Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Hydraulic Fracturing) Regulations 2017, which were gazetted...
Read More ShareMinister Dawson recognises values of Banded Ironstone Ranges
December 01, 2017
Western Australia’s peak conservation group has congratulated the Minister for the Environment the Hon Stephen Dawson for upholding EPA recommendations to protect Banded Ironstone Ranges from mining, by dismissing appeals on two BIF mining...
Read More ShareTermination of Kimberley fracking agreement welcomed
November 29, 2017
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has welcomed the news that the Barnett Government’s State Agreement with fracking companies in the Kimberley will be terminated, describing the move as a win for communities and...
Read More ShareLiveLighter Spring Eco Fest Livens Up Forrest Place
November 05, 2017
LiveLighter Spring Eco Fest 2017 has begun in Forrest Place, and there’s an action-packed day ahead.
Read More ShareFracking Inquiry identifies serious risks - public encouraged to make submissions
November 03, 2017
The Conservation Council of WA is encouraging the public to make submissions to the WA Fracking Inquiry, following today’s release of a Background and Issues Paper which identifies serious environmental, social, economic, and health...
Read More ShareGarnaut recommends WA go it alone to become renewable energy superpower
November 03, 2017
Leading energy and climate economist Professor Ross Garnaut has outlined a plan for Western Australia to lead the world as a clean energy superpower, by adopting a state-based Emissions Intensity Scheme.
Read More ShareEnvironment Groups call for major review of Green Growth Plan
October 25, 2017
Environment groups have released a joint statement calling on the McGowan Government to undertake a major review of the Strategic Assessment of the Perth and Peel Regions (SAPPR), released in draft form by the...
Read More ShareAlbany Seabird Carnage Continues
October 20, 2017
A Conservation Council community monitoring network has recorded more than eighty otherwise healthy adult Flesh-footed Shearwaters washed up dead on Goode and Fisheries beaches on the western side of King George Sound in Albany....
Read More ShareConservation groups back EPA push for climate policy review and action on clearing
October 19, 2017
WA’s peak conservation group has strongly backed the EPA’s calls for a review of the WA Government’s climate change policy and action on land clearing in the Authority’s Annual Report for 2017.
Read More SharePeak environment group welcomes better protection for Abrolhos Islands
October 06, 2017
Western Australia’s peak environment group the Conservation Council of WA welcomes the State Government's proposal to develop a whole-of-government approach to the management of the Abrolhos Islands.
Read More ShareKimberley fracking project pre-empts fracking moratorium - will face strong community opposition
October 04, 2017
Environment groups have warned that a proposal for a gas fracking project and gas pipeline in the Kimberley would face intense opposition from community and conservation groups.
Read More ShareWA bag ban will prevent plastic pollution for a cleaner environment
September 12, 2017
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) and the Plastic Free WA alliance have welcomed the confirmation by the McGowan Government that a statewide ban on single use plastic shopping bags will be in place...
Read More ShareEnvironment groups welcome environment and sustainability measures in McGowan budget
September 07, 2017
Sustainable transport and renewable energy are featured in the McGowan Government’s first budget, which also includes funding for new protected areas in the Kimberley, a substantial Aboriginal Ranger program, and a 10c recycling refund...
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