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CCWA calls on Albanese to sign global methane pledge, tackle emissions
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) is one of 16 organisations across Australia to sign a joint statement, calling on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to commit to the Global Methane Pledge and take more action to tackle methane emissions.
Read more'No new extinctions' - CCWA welcomes federal government plan to protect vulnerable species
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has welcomed an announcement by the federal government which will see 30 per cent of all land in Australia dedicated to conservation by the year 2030.
Read moreCCWA welcomes state government interim targets - More still to do on emissions
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has welcomed the creation of 3,600 additional hectares of nature reserve in Western Australia’s South-West.
Read moreWA Uranium Free Charter calls on state government to ‘shut the door’ on uranium mining
Nineteen groups, representing hundreds of thousands of West Australians, have signed a joint statement against uranium mining in WA – one of the largest such statements ever made.
Read more'A referendum on the future of fossil fuels’ – Record number of appeals against Woodside gas facility proposal
A controversial fossil fuel proposal in Western Australia has attracted a record number of appeals from the general public in what is being called ‘a referendum’ on the future of fossil fuels in the state.
Read moreEPA recommends approval for Woodside gas facility extension – Conservation Council to appeal
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has said it intends to appeal a recommendation by WA’s Environmental Protection Authority that Woodside’s proposed extension of the North West Shelf gas processing facility be approved by the State Government.
Read moreCCWA welcomes state government interim targets - More still to do on emissions
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has welcomed an announcement by the WA State Government that will see emissions from all government agencies cut by 80 per cent below 2020 levels, by 2030.
Read moreNew alumina proposal seeks approval to emit 270 million tonnes of CO2 over next 15 years
West Australians will be given an opportunity to have their say on a controversial mining expansion which endangers the state’s native forests and would cause unacceptable levels of carbon pollution.
Read moreCitizen Science update: Preliminary biodiversity assessment in Bowgada
CCWA’s Citizen Science team was back in the field at the end of May - this time surveying the biodiversity values of a property in Bowgada, located in the Shire of Perenjori (Badimia country) and part of the Yarra Yarra catchment in the Mid West region of WA.
Read moreNuclear power is not the solution to the climate crisis
By Mia Pepper, CCWA Nuclear Free Campaigner
You may have seen in the news that the new leader of the Nationals David Littleproud and new Shadow Minister for Climate and Energy Ted O’Brien are stoking the fires of a nuclear power debate. This is not a new debate - it’s one we’ve had across Australia for decades, as a delaying tactic for acting on climate change. And the answers haven’t changed.
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