Reports

A Thousand Cuts - Mining in the Northern Jarrah Forests

WA’s peak environment and conservation groups have published the ‘A Thousand Cuts’ report to provide information and analysis regarding the impacts of bauxite mining in the Northern Jarrah Forest. Produced by the...

Management Strategy for the Australian Fairy Tern

The Lower West Coast Conservation Strategy for the Australian Fairy Tern provides a framework for the protection of Fairy Terns in the lower west coast area of south-western Australia. The Strategy brings together...

Clean Jobs Roadshow Report

Between August 2020 and May 2021, Clean State, supported by the Conservation Council WA and LotteryWest, engaged 1,000 people in a roadshow that stopped at eight Western Australian cities; Bunbury, Albany and Geraldton, Mount Lawley, Scarborough, Joondalup, Dawesville...

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Carbon Budget for WA

Clean State has commissioned one of the world’s leading independent climate research institutions to produce the first carbon budget for WA that is compliant with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming...

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Cost and availability of offsetting LNG emissions in Western Australia

Clean State has commissioned an independent analysis from RepuTex Energy, revealing around 4,000 new jobs would be created in land management, renewable energy, and other industries if the state government reinstated and...

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The Road to a Nuclear Free Future for WA

More than a decade after the former Barnett Liberal government lifted the state policy ban on uranium mining there are still no operating uranium mines in WA. The McGowan Labor government reinstated...

A bold vision for conservation, climate and communites

WA needs a bold vision for our economy, environment, and action on climate change. A new way of thinking that can solve environmental challenges while future-proofing our economy, creating jobs and providing...

Why the Scarborough LNG development cannot proceed

The Conservation Council of Western Australia and The Australia Institute have released research showing that the Woodside and BHP Scarborough LNG development is one of the most polluting new developments in Australia....

Why Woodside’s Burrup Hub developments should not proceed

This report sets out the case for why the Burrup Hub should not proceed given the very significant environmental impacts, investment risks, few benefits, and the profound and irreversible consequences for the...

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Runaway Train: The impact of WA’s LNG industry on meeting our Paris targets and national efforts to tackle climate change

New research by Conservation Council of WA and Clean State shows the WA LNG industry is responsible for runaway pollution that puts the Paris Agreement in jeopardy and will account for almost...