Growing community opposition to Roe 8, the first component of the Perth Freight Link, received a major boost today with Labor leader Mark McGowan committing to axe the project if elected and the State Government agreeing to halt clearing until January 9 in response to a Federal Court matter.

Thank you for making 2016 such a powerful year for protecting WA's environment!

Whether you were defending our beautiful State against the threat of fracking, uranium mining, or land clearing, you have banded together to send a clear message - our most precious resource is our environment.

Here are some of your recent highlights:

Those of us anxiously reading the runes for signs of what the Trump administration means for human health and the environment needn’t spend too long ruminating on gloomy hypotheticals.

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MONDAY 19^th DECEMBER 

Environment groups and Aboriginal Community member will step up their efforts against Vimy Resources’ proposed Mulga Rock uranium mine, 240 kilometres north-east of Kalgoorlie, following the decision by the WA Environment Minister to provide conditional approval for the operation

Members of the community gathered outside the High Court in Perth this morning, supporting Save Beeliar Wetlands in their bid to challenge the first stage of the $1.9 billion Perth Freight Link project.

The State’s peak environment organisation has strongly criticised the WA Environmental Protection Authority for buckling to industry and Government pressure by omitting climate change and carbon pollution from its revised policy guideline for environmental impact assessment.

The Conservation Council of WA has congratulated Environment Minister Albert Jacob for dismissing an appeal by mining company Cameco, which had attempted to overturn the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)’s recommendation against the controversial Yeelirrie uranium mine proposal.

Community leaders and conservation groups have urgently called on State and Commonwealth Governments to suspend works on the Roe 8 Highway until legal clarity for the project can be provided and further investigations of protected and endangered wildlife in the path of the highway are undertaken. 

Conservation groups today congratulated the State Government and Dambimangari Traditional Owners in the Kimberley for the creation of the new Lalang-garram Horizontal Falls Marine Park.