The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) is calling for the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) to release any findings into an alleged breach of a mining Exemption Order by Alcoa in WA’s Northern Jarrah Forest.

The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) said the state government’s announcement to extend the State Agreement for Griffin Coal until 2031 is keeping the dirtiest fossil fuel on life support at the expense of...

Community groups are stunned and outraged, vowing to ramp up pressure on the Cook Government after Western Australia’s EPA recommended the first fracking project in the state since Labor lifted the moratorium in 2019...

Alcoa was granted an Exemption Order in December 2023 to allow its bauxite strip mining activities to continue in the Northern Jarrah Forest while its Mining Management Plan was under review by the WA state government.

The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has called on the WA Government to pull its head out of the sand and pay attention to the grim findings in the latest Extinction Wrapped Report by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF). 

The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has told the federal government’s inquiry into oil and gas decommissioning that the fossil fuel industry must stop evading its responsibility to clean up after themselves in Western Australian waters.

A Santos proposal to drill for gas off the north west coast of Western Australia poses major risks to the state’s most iconic reefs from oil or other hydrocarbon spills, the Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has warned. 

Environment groups have called on the WA Environment Minister to reject a five-star luxury resort that would remove critical habitat and threaten the endangered western ringtail possum and Carnaby's Black Cockatoo. 

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)’s projected gas shortfalls for Western Australia demonstrate the urgent need to accelerate WA’s renewable transition and prioritise domestic energy security over international gas exports.

Multinational gas giant Chevron today announced its final investment decision in stage-three of its Gorgon gas project, meaning it will ship millions more tonnes of Australian gas overseas every year and further fuel the climate crisis. 

The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has called on the Federal Liberal Party to continue with a target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and not be led by the Nationals’ radical decision...

New federal nature law reforms introduced into Parliament today do not go far enough to create the real protections nature needs according to the Conservation Council of WA (CCWA). 

Labor’s environment laws look set to fast-track development, whether it’s mining, fossil fuels or housing developments, by handing approval powers back to state governments who have shown they can’t be trusted to protect the...

Ad Standards Australia has upheld a claim that a recent advertising blitz by Alcoa to support its proposed expansion of bauxite mining in Perth’s unique Northern Jarrah Forest breached 80% of the Environmental Code:...