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Radioactive Waste Dump nominations for WA
Today news broke that Gindalbie Metals Ltd has made a nomination to host the National Radioactive Waste dump at Badga Station in the Mid West of WA.
Read moreCommunity calls for strategy and resources to manage transition from coal industries in Collie
Community calls for strategy and resources to manage transition from coal industries in Collie
Read moreEco May kicks off with huge community response
Western Australia's peak environment group has launched Eco May - a month of community-led events and activities to build community connections around environmental issues across the state.
Read moreFederal government supports the wrong sort of diggers on Anzac Eve
National and state environment groups have condemned todays federal government conditional environmental approval for uranium mining beside WA’s largest national park as rushed and irresponsible.
Read moreMidwest Farmers 'lock the gate' at Parliament against protest laws
A group of farmers from the States Midwest have joined with conservationists, church leaders, unionists, social justice groups, lawyers and others at Parliament House to demonstrate their objection to anti-protest laws being debated in State Parliament.
Read moreGas fracking regulator rolling out the red carpet for pollution
Western Australia’s peak environment group has warned that the lead government regulator for gas fracking in WA cannot be trusted to protect community health, groundwater and the environment due to conflicts of interest, inadequate regulations and a lack of transparency.
Read moreMore than artificial hollows required save endangered cockatoos
Western Australia’s peak conservation organisation has commended the Environment Minister Albert Jacob and the Department of Parks and Wildlife for recent progress on improved artificial nesting hollows for endangered cockatoos, but warned that ongoing clearing of endangered cockatoo habitat must be urgently addressed to avoid the extinction of the species.
Read moreConservation groups in broad coalition to defend the right to peaceful protest
Western Australia’s peak environment group has joined with churches, unions, WA Farmers, lawyers and other civil-society groups to defend the right to peaceful protest.
Read moreBroad community opposes Protest Laws
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has today joined a broad alliance opposing the Government’s proposed laws to criminalise protest activities. Over 30 organisations including, union, political, civil society, faith and environment groups have joined in a move to defend our democratic rights for peaceful protest.
Read moreEPA ignores scientists; community to allow gas fracking exploration in Nature Reserve
Proposed World Heritage site under threat in Mid-west
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