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Winton donates prize money to Ningaloo campaign
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 the 2018 Adelaide Writers’ Week in Adelaide where the author declared he will give the $15,000 prize money to the Protect Ningaloo campaign.
Read moreFebruary 2018
It’s been a high stakes month for our environment and wildlife, and people like you have demonstrated incredible determination and resilience.
No matter where you live, you have made a strong stand for our collective future. Thank you!
Read on to find out the Planning Minister’s decision on Point Peron, the outcome of our Supreme Court action on the Yeelirrie uranium proposal, and how you can protect Ningaloo!
Read moreMarina decision a win for community and the environment
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 moreWA pollution out of control under Turnbull’s climate policy
Chevron’s pollution permits show Commonwealth climate policy a sham - WA Government must step in to control pollution
Read moreScientists warn Rockingham canals could devastate WA’s best loved Penguin colony
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 devastated if the proposed canal-marina development at Mangles Bay in Rockingham is allowed to proceed.
Read moreThe fight isn’t over to stop the Yeelirrie uranium project
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 been unsuccessful.
Read moreJanuary 2018
What an incredible start to 2018! Together we have hit the ground running, taking action and holding events all over the state to protect our penguins, turtles, forests, and wildlife from a range of threats.
Read moreChevron’s pollution is killing our baby sea turtles
For millennia, sea turtles have been making an incredible journey. The ancient creatures swim thousands of kilometers, returning to their place of birth at Barrow Island off the Pilbara coast every year. Quietly, under the cover of night, they lay their eggs in the sand, giving birth to a new generation as their cycle of life continues.
Read morePollution changing sex of sea turtles on Barrow Island: Chevron reports reveal pollution impacts to sea turtles
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 as a result of pollution-induced climate change.
Read moreNahan is wrong on Chevron claims: Opposition should be standing up for the interests of Western Australians rather than Chevron’s profits
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 profits of Chevron.
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