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 in carbon pollution, and to avoid dangerous climate change.

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 most iconic species.

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, and to prevent the further destruction of ancient forests for low value woodchips and firewood.

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.

In August, we saw several concerning developments, from weak wildlife protection laws, to land clearing at Ningaloo, and even the release of a disturbing proposal for the Kimberley by the Morrison Government. But thanks to the commitment of people like you, none of these plans have gone unchallenged. Together, we will continue to stand up for our wildlife and environment!

Conservation groups have dismissed new calls for the large-scale expansion of industrial irrigated agriculture and dams in the Kimberley’s Fitzroy Valley, instead urging the WA Government to continue work towards its election commitment to protect the area and create a new Fitzroy River National Park.

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 science-based approach to her new portfolio.

Very soon, a bulldozer will arrive on a truck to begin clearing native vegetation and important wildlife habitat on the sensitive banks of the Exmouth Gulf, following the approval of a clearing permit provided to a service company for the oil and gas industry.

This month has been full of action! From climate change to wildlife protection laws, local campaigns, and even an epic walk through the desert, our community has been as busy as ever defending nature and providing a powerful voice for the environment.

Want to know how? Read on for your highlights!

Last night, Federal Shadow Minister for Climate and Energy, Mark Butler, spoke at a forum on climate change hosted by Josh Wilson, Labor candidate for Fremantle. It was an important opportunity for the community to discuss a subject that receives far too little attention here in the West, and to explore what Labor’s federal climate change policy would mean for us here in WA.