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April 2018
What an incredible month! Whether you were part of our General Meeting, Environment Matters, film night to Protect Ningaloo - or something else - there were plenty of ways to protect our wildlife and environment in April.
Here are just some of your highlights from April, plus a taste of what’s to come in May...
Read moreOutback 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 emerging clean economy that will provide the jobs of the future.
Read moreMarch 2018
Wow - March has been a marathon of submissions and petitions, and you really made your mark!
Whether you expressed your thoughts on fracking, the upcoming plastic ban, or protecting our forests, you’re part of a massive movement working towards a better future for WA.
Here are a few of your highlights and opportunities for further action.
Read moreSingle use plastic is akin to the scourge of smoking
I don’t think I’m overstating it when I say that the scourge of single use plastics have become akin to the scourge of smoking. We know how dangerous it is, yet our addiction to it is hard to kick. And instead of suffocating ourselves, we’re suffocating the planet.
Read moreStories from the Road: Kintyre
Again we are fortunate to visit the magnifcent Karlkun Karlkun Karlamilyi River with the Martu people fighting against Canadian company, Cameco proposing a uranium mine at Kintyre.
Read moreStories from the Road: Leonora, Yeelirrie & Wiluna
From Mulga Rocks we travelled to Leonora and met with members from the community that say to a radioactive waste dump in Leonora and no to uranium mining at Yeelirrie.
Read moreAustralian 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 poses to our state, with many of them saying that there is no safe way to frack in WA.
Read moreStories from the Road: Mulga Rock
On the anniversary of Fukushima we travelled an amazing journey from Kalgoorlie to stay with Lawrence at Pinjan Station.
Read moreOne year on, what is happening with Roe 8?
All may not be as it seems with the state’s most controversial road project.
The fateful decision to begin clearing endangered Banksia woodland surrounding the Beeliar Wetlands in the weeks leading up to the March 2017 state election propelled the Roe 8 highway project into the centre of a history-making battle between the community and the state government.
Read moreConservation 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 for the Yeelirrie uranium mine proposal.
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