A new report from Global Energy Monitor shows that Western Australia’s rapidly expanding liquified natural gas (LNG) export industry is a leading contributor to climate change, and expanding LNG capacity globally is on a collision course with the Paris Agreement.

We have just returned from an awesome 4 day trip to Kalgoorlie and the area of the proposed Mulga Rock uranium project.  It was a full on four days to connect and support the people at the frontline fighting to stop the proposed uranium mine at Mulga Rock. 

Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) Director Piers Verstegen said that there is much to lament after the election, but the words in the statement of reasons for the approval of the Yeelirrie uranium mine in WA’s mid west drives home just how much ground we lost on advancing the new environmental laws we so desperately need.

Western Australia’s peak environment group has called on Commonwealth Minister Angus Taylor to provide evidence to support his recent claims that Western Australia’s biggest polluters are actually helping the climate.

Western Australia’s peak conservation group has responded to the release of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)’s climate change guidance statement, labeling the EPA’s approach as a ‘lifeline’ for WA’s biggest polluters in the liquified natural gas (LNG) sector.

Western Australia’s peak environment group is seeking urgent clarification from the WA Government on a carbon pollution reduction target for WA, after it was reported that Environment Minister Stephen Dawson has ruled out a target ahead of public consultation on the government’s promised climate change policy.

Data on carbon pollution from Australian states and territories released today by the Australian Department of Environment and Energy shows that out-of-control growth in LNG pollution in WA is putting Australia’s Paris targets at risk, according to Western Australia’s peak environment group.

Environment groups have welcomed Premier McGowan’s statement at an oil and gas conference that the WA Government would consider going it alone on climate policy, saying such action could deliver thousands of new jobs and huge investment opportunities, which would not be realised WA under a national approach.

The world’s leading scientists have issued an urgent alarm, saying that this is the critical decade for action on climate change and the environment. This means the policies of the next Australian Government will be absolutely critical to our future. And that’s why tens of thousands of Australians are standing up and taking action to make this the “Climate Election”.

Conservation groups have welcomed moves towards improving transparency and increased publication of data on wildlife habitat clearing, as part of an announcement by the McGowan Government.